Chart of the Day: Top 10 largest stocks hit average returns of 11.8% in April

Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust’s returns of 21.2%.

This chart from the Singapore Exchange shows that the top 10 largest capitalised stocks saw average returns of 11.8% YTD in April.

Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust saw the highest returns of 21.2% followed by Mapletree Logistics Trust (19.2%), Mapletree Commercial Trust (17.3%), and DBS (15.7%).

“Over the four time periods in the table, there were only five instances when the 10 stocks generated a decline in total return, with four of those occasions in 2018,” SGX explained.

Singapore's 10 largest capitalised stocks, that are distributing dividends on a quarterly basis, have a combined market capitalisation of $118b.