OREANDA-NEWS. The Healthcare sector in Singapore has a combined market value of approximately S$30 billion, and can be broken down into two industry groups – Healthcare Care Equipment & Services and Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences. With just a day left to go in 2015, Healthcare was the strongest sector of all primary listings on SGX in the year thus far, as categorised by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).

Relating to the Healthcare sector, SGX recently launched the SGX All Healthcare Index. The SGX All Healthcare Index comprises stocks that report at least half their revenues from healthcare in the last financial year, and REITs with investments in healthcare facilities. The Index consists of 29 constituents with a combined market capitalisation of S$31.6 bill

In the year thus far, the SGX All Healthcare Index generated an 11.8% total return, compared to the MSCI Asia ex Japan Healthcare Index which generated a 5.8% total return in USD terms over the same period.

As of yesterday’s close, the five best year-to-date performers in the Index were Riverstone Holdings, UG Healthcare Corporation, Cordlife Group, Q & M Dental Group (Singapore) and Vicplas International. These five stocks averaged a 94.6% total return over the above-mentioned period, with the median return being 81.8%.

SGX All HealthCare Index 10 Largest Weightings

31 December 2014 – 29 December 2015

Please note indices rebased to base price of 1000 on 31 December 2014

The chart above illustrates the performances of the SGX All Healthcare Index and the MSCI Asia ex-Japan Healthcare Index on a total-return basis, with a base price of 1,000 on 31 December 2014. The SGX All Healthcare Index closed on 29 Dec 2015 at 1286.98, taking the total return to 11.8% in the year thus far.

The tables below are sorted by index weighting. Note that clicking on a stock name will take you to its relevant page on SGX StockFacts.