OREANDA-NEWS. October 12, 2015. The Straits Times Index (STI) is made up of 30 constituents representing a significant number of industries that operate a good mix of local and international businesses. During its latest semi-annual review, the STI omitted Jardine Matheson Holdings, Jardine Strategic Holdings and Olam International. The three stocks added to the Index were UOL Group, SATS and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.

As a group, the current 30 STI stocks have seen increased turnover velocity for throughout 2015 - from 47% in 1Q15 to 50% in 2Q15 to 61% in 3Q15.

Average Turnover Velocity of Current STI Stocks  

The five STI stocks with the highest turnover velocity for 3Q15 were Noble Group, Global Logistic Properties, Ascendas REIT, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings, Singapore Exchange. Meanwhile the five STI stocks that saw the biggest increase in turnover velocity in 3Q15 from 2Q15 were DBS Group Holdings, Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Noble Group, Global Logistic Properties and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

Turnover velocity compares the total traded value of a stock to its market capitalisation over a period of time, where the total traded value is a multiplication of the price and volume of each trade. The 10 STI constituents with the greatest change in annualised turnover velocity in the 3Q15 versus the 2Q15 generated mixed total returns, ranging from a 1.3% gain for Singapore Airlines to a 45.4% decline for Noble Group.

The three strongest sectors in 3Q15 were Industrials, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Healthcare. This was based on sectorial total returns with sector performance weighed to market capitalisation. For a monthly breakdown of these sectorial performances please click here.  

STI stocks that did not see a Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) increase in velocity in 3Q15 were Hongkong Land Holdings, Singapore Exchange, StarHub, Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, Singapore Technologies Engineering, ComfortDelGro Corporation, Sembcorp Marine, City Developments and SIA Engineering Company. These stocks averaged an 11% decline in total return in 3Q15. This compared to the 15% decline for STI & 19% decline for the MSCI South East Asia Index over the period.