FW: SFI Weekly - 04 December 2017

 

 

 

 

					04 December 2017
		Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly – 04 December 2017
	SFI Weekly
	Key highlights for the week ending 01 December 2017
	·         Last week, the SFI lost 0.21%, while the equity market, as measured by the STI, added 0.21%.   ·         YTD, the SFI has underperformed the STI by 15.49% (4.25% vs. 19.74%).   ·         Both the government bonds and corporate bonds segment lost grounds last week, losing 0.16% and 0.24% respectively.   ·         Within the corporate bond segment, the SFI Statutory Board Bond Index lost the most by 0.29%.   ·         The SGD weakened against the USD, down 0.149% last week. YTD, the SGD has appreciated 6.75% against the USD.
	SFI Returns Index Total Return (%) Interest Yield (%) Yield to Maturity (%) Week MTD YTD Current Current   SFI -0.21% -0.01% 4.25% 2.75% 2.36% SFI Government Bond Index -0.24% 0.05% 3.61% 2.52% 2.21% SFI Corporate Bond Index -0.16% -0.11% 5.21% 3.12% 2.71% -       SFI Statutory Board Bond Index -0.29% -0.17% 4.71% 2.47% 2.23% -       SFI Industrial Bond Index -0.10% -0.08% 5.79% 3.81% 3.27% -       SFI Financial Bond Index -0.06% -0.06% 6.14% 3.37% 2.93% SFI Government 1-3 Year Bond Index -0.06% 0.00% 1.27% 2.31% 1.52% SFI 1-3 Year Bond Index -0.08% -0.03% 2.03% 2.80% 2.00% SFI 3-5 Year Bond Index -0.08% 0.01% 3.65% 2.48% 2.02% SFI 5-7 Year Bond Index -0.14% 0.01% 4.68% 2.81% 2.18% SFI 7-10 Year Bond Index -0.33% -0.12% 5.95% 2.88% 2.36% SFI 10+ Year Bond Index -0.55% 0.06% 6.22% 2.85% 2.61%   Equity Benchmark:  Straits Times Index1 0.21% 0.47% 19.74% N/A N/A
	Source: Thomson Reuters Datastream (data as of 01 December 2017) 1Performance is measured on a price return basis for the Straits Times Index.    Did you know? The TR/SGX SFI has been selected as the recommended Singapore fixed income benchmark by United Overseas Bank (UOB) following the discontinuation of the UOB SGS Index in June 2017. To find out more about the SFI and access the index resources, please visit the SFI webpage at www.sgx.com/sfi.   If you require any further information regarding the SFI, please contact index@sgx.com.   Index Services sgx.com
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