Changing Hands Tracking Fund Flows in the Singapore Stock Market

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Changing hands Tracking fund flows in the Singapore stock market Week of April 12, 2021 I Institutional investors net sell (-S$214.0m) vs (-S$82.9m) a week ago I Retail investors net buy (+S$95.1m) vs (+S$2.4m) a week ago Top 10 institution net buy Top 10 institution net sell STOCKS CODE (S$M) STOCKS CODE (S$M) Singtel Z74 23.4 SIA C6L (108.1) DBS D05 14.1 CapitaLand C31 (26.1) SPH T39 13.0 Genting Singapore G13 (22.9) SGX S68 9.9 Venture Corporation V03 (20.4) OCBC O39 5.2 Sembcorp Industries U96 (14.2) ComfortDelGro C52 5.2 Keppel Corporation BN4 (13.7) Top Glove Corporation BVA 5.1 UOB U11 (11.3) CapitaLand Integrated Comm Trust C38U 4.8 Dairy Farm International D01 (10.3) First Resources EB5 2.8 Thai Beverage Y92 (9.4) Jardine Matheson J36 2.7 Jardine Strategic J37 (8.2) Top 10 retail net buy Top 10 retail net sell STOCKS CODE (S$M) STOCKS CODE (S$M) SIA C6L 113.8 Singtel Z74 (37.6) Genting Singapore G13 17.9 SGX S68 (28.3) CapitaLand C31 14.0 DBS D05 (20.4) Sembcorp Marine S51 13.4 OCBC O39 (19.2) Keppel Corporation BN4 11.3 SPH T39 (13.8) Dairy Farm International D01 10.5 Yangzijiang Shipbuilding BS6 (6.4) Thai Beverage Y92 9.1 Mapletree Logistics Trust M44U (6.2) Keppel DC Reit AJBU 8.4 Ascendas Reit A17U (5.5) AEM Holdings AWX 7.8 ComfortDelGro C52 (5.1) Sats S58 7.4 CapitaLand Integrated Comm Trust C38U (4.3) Institutional investors’ net buy/sell by sector (S$m) OVERALL WEEK OF SGX SECTOR CLASSIFICATION CONSUMER CONSUMER ENERGY FINANCIAL HEALTH INDUSTRIALS MATERIALS REAL REITS TECH TELCOS UTILITIES CYCLICALS NON- OIL & SERVICES CARE & ESTATE (HARDWARE CYCLICALS GAS RESOURCES (EXCL SOFTWARE) REITS) (119.0) 22/3/21 3.0 (11.5) (2.1) 73.8 0.7 (235.9) (1.5) 31.4 (9.0) 6.0 24.1 2.0 (184.3) 29/3/21 11.8 (10.3) (0.4) (79.0) (8.6) (24.5) (2.3) (50.4) (25.9) 28.4 (25.5) 2.4 (82.9) 5/4/21 24.8 (23.8) (1.6) (22.4) 6.6 17.4 (1.0) (18.4) (33.8) 11.4 (38.9) (3.1) (214.0) 12/4/21 (11.6) (21.3) (0.1) 18.9 5.5 (147.6) (1.1) (30.1) (1.0) (28.0) 19.2 (16.9) Retail investors’ net buy/sell by sector (S$m) OVERALL WEEK OF SGX SECTOR CLASSIFICATION CONSUMER CONSUMER ENERGY FINANCIAL HEALTH INDUSTRIALS MATERIALS REAL REITS TECH TELCOS UTILITIES CYCLICALS NON- OIL & SERVICES CARE & ESTATE (HARDWARE CYCLICALS GAS RESOURCES (EXCL SOFTWARE) REITS) (50.1) 22/3/21 (7.5) 8.9 2.1 (72.8) 0.2 68.2 1.4 (37.3) 21.0 (14.5) (16.4) (3.6) (196.1) 29/3/21 (18.6) 2.4 (0.9) (123.2) 12.6 (30.0) 1.5 13.0 (13.3) (49.0) 13.4 (4.1) 2.4 5/4/21 (26.3) 33.3 2.5 (37.6) (5.5) 4.0 0.4 15.7 12.0 (21.2) 25.7 (0.4) 95.1 12/4/21 7.9 17.4 0.0 (70.3) (6.1) 139.9 0.6 24.3 (1.8) 8.6 (34.6) 9.0 Sectors are categorized by SGX. Net buy/sell amount derived by subtracting total sell amount from REITs refer to Real Estate Investment Trusts total buy amount Definition: Retail fund flows derived by subtracting institutional investors Note: Fund flow data for all SGX-listed companies only account flow and MMLP flow from TOTAL ST markets flows. www.sgx.com/research Source: SGX Research.

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