Top 5 performers on FTSE-ST Small-Cap Index average 36% YTD return

Singapore

THE five best-performing stocks on the FTSE ST Small-Cap Index averaged a year-to-date return of 35.5 per cent as at July 11. This takes their average 12-month total return to 28.6 per cent, going by a market update report from the Singapore Exchange.

The FTSE ST Small-Cap Index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalisation-weighted index. It represents the performance of small-cap companies that trade on SGX and meet certain eligibility criteria. The five best-performing constituents of the index are China Sunshine Chemical, BreadTalk, Japfa, Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical and HRnetGroup. They operate in the mate…