SINGAPORE (Sept 20): As many as 27 of the 30 biggest hardware and semiconductor stocks listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have generated price gains in the 2017 year to date, with the sector amounting to a median price gain of 43% compared to its median gain of 13% in 2016.

In a SGX Gateway newsletter, market strategist Geoff Howie highlights that the electronics cluster contributes to more than a quarter of Singapore’s total manufacturing activity.

“The manufacturing of electrical equipment, components and semiconductors is a competitive industry that can bring price, margin and market share pressures to the participants. Recent examples of how management work with these pressures include objectives of greater production activities, increasing operational efficiency, in addition to revitalising distribution channels,” says Howie.

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