Chart of the Day: FTSE ST Utilities generated most returns in 4M15

With 24.9% total returns.

SGX reports that all ten FTSE ST industry indices generated positive returns in the first four months of 2015, with FTSE ST Utilities leading with its 24.9% total returns.

This was followed by FTSE ST Health Care with 23.2% total returns and FTSE ST Basic Materials with 17.2%.

According to SGX, on average the ten indices generated 9.2% total returns from January to April 2015, and have an average annualised volatility of 14.5%, while maintaining an average dividend yield of 2.6%.

In the first four months of 2015, the ten FTSE ST Industry Indices that cover the 179 stocks of the FTSE All Share Index have all produced positive returns, ranging from 0.5% for the FTSE ST Technology Index to 24.9% for the FTSE ST Utilities Index. This brings the FTSE ST All-Share Index total returns to 5.6% in the first four months this year.