OREANDA-NEWS. November 30, 2015. The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index comprises the companies below the top 70%, but within the top 90% of the Index Universe by full market capitalisation. The index is a free float adjusted market-capitalisation weighted index representing the performance of the mid-capitalised companies trading on the SGX Mainboard, which pass the size, free float, and liquidity screens. As of 30 Nov 2015, there were 49 constituents in the Index.

The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index has a combined market capitalisation of S\\$105.6 billion. The Index generated year-to-date and three-year total returns of negative 6.5% and 3.0% respectively, and currently trades at a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.4 and price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 0.9.

In the year thus far, the five best performers of the Index were Neptune Orient Lines, Biosensors International Group, SATS, Venture Corp and SIIC Environment Holdings. These five stocks have a combined market capitalisation of S\\$13.0 billion, and represent 13.5% of the Index. Together, they averaged a 28.6% total return over the period, which brought their three-year returns to 47.1%.

The table below details the five best performers of the Index. Click on each stock to visit its profile page on SGX StockFacts.

Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 27 November 2015)

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The ten largest stocks of the Index are detailed below. Click on each stock to visit its profile page on SGX StockFacts.

Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 27 November 2015)

The five least-performing constituents of the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in the year thus far were Noble Group, Ezion Holdings, OSIM International, COSCO Corp Singapore and Silverlake Axis. These five stocks averaged year-to-date returns of negative 44.6%.