OREANDA-NEWS. June 29, 2015. Singapore Exchange (SGX) lists 10 business trusts from five different sectors– Industrials, Utilities, Consumer Discretionary, Financials, and Healthcare– according to the Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS®). These 10 trusts have a combined market capitalisation of S\\$14.3 billion and trade at an average price-earnings ratio of 12.7. Their average indicative dividend yield is 7.1%,which reflects an increase since May, according to a previous market update.

The 10 trusts averaged price gains of 5.1% in the year thus far, and dividend-boosted returns of 9.2%, bringing their one-year average dividend-adjusted returns to 18.5%.

Of the 10, the best performers year-to-date were First Ship Lease Trust (+70.6%), Keppel Infrastructure Trust (+13.4%), Ascendas India Trust (+12.7%), Religare Health Trust (+5.7%), and Asian Pay Television Trust (+5.5%). These five trusts were also the best performers in the last 12 months. They maintained average year-to-date returns of 21.6% and an average dividend yield of 7.2%.