China CleanTech Index - October 2013 - 31% Gain for 12 Months Outperforms China Market

Sydney, Nov 11, 2013 AEST (ABN Newswire) - The China CleanTech Index recorded a 2.1% gain in October 2013 but underperformed against three of its four benchmarks.

The China CleanTech Index rose from 41.68 to 42.56 over the month of October recording a 2.1% gain. This compared to the NEX gain of 5.1%, the CTIUS gain of 3.5%, the Shanghai Composite loss of 0.9% and the MSCI gain of 3.8%.

The China CleanTech 20 recorded a stronger gain of 3.1% over the month showing that the larger companies are outperforming the smaller companies for the month.
The Index performance for the last 12 months now shows a gain of 31.3%, which is a long way ahead of the 3.4% gain recorded by the Shanghai Composite.

The best performing sub-indices for the month were the China Water Index with a 5.3% gain and the China Environment Index with a 5.0% gain. The two weakest sub-indices through October were the China Storage Index which recorded a loss of 9.5% and the China Efficiency Index recording a loss of 3.5%.

--------------------------------------------------------Percentage Change     2009   2010   2011   2012  --------------------------------------------------------China CleanTech Index 77.5%  -9.6% -48.0% -16.5% China CleanTech 20    59.6% -15.6% -47.4% -15.5% NEX                   39.7% -14.6% -40.2%  -5.5%  CTIUS                 38.1%   7.3% -18.3%   7.3% Shanghai Composite    80.0% -14.3% -21.7%   3.2% MSCI                  27.0%   9.6%  -7.6%  13.2%  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Percentage Change     OCT'13 3 Mths 6 Mths 12 Mths 3 Yrs--------------------------------------------------------China CleanTech Index  2.1%   7.0%  11.0%  31.3%  -47.2%China CleanTech 20     3.1%   4.4%   5.6%  25.4%  -48.0%NEX                    5.1%  13.4%  30.9%  62.8%  -12.8%CTIUS                  3.5%  10.1%  18.7%  39.7%   21.5%Shanghai Composite    -0.9%   7.4%  -1.7%   3.4%  -28.1%MSCI                   3.8%   6.3%   8.6%  23.2%   31.1%--------------------------------------------------------

The market capitalisation of the 150 stocks in the China CleanTech Index is CNY 943 billion, recording a new high for the sector and up a long way from its trough of CNY 604 billion in November 2012.

The month's performance was driven by 16 companies having share price gains of more than 20%. The greatest percentage gains were recorded by China Energy Recovery Inc (CGYV), C&G Environmental Protection Holdings Ltd (D79.SI) and Hong Kong Highpower Technology, Inc.(HPJ)

These were offset by losses from other companies with 6 companies having losses of more than 20%. The greatest percentage losses were recorded by Hanwei Energy Services (HNWEF.PK), Bodisen Biotech, Inc. (BBCZ) and Duoyuan Global Water (DGWIY).
These best and worst performers are shown in the table below.

October 2013

Best Performers
Share Price Gain > 20%

-----------------------------------------------China Energy Recovery Inc (CGYV:OTCMKTS)SmartHeat Inc (HEAT:OTCMKTS)Xiamen Savings Environmental Co., Ltd. (SHE:300056)Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ:CSIQ)China Solar & Clean Energy Solns., Inc. (CSOL:OTCMKTS)China Sunergy (NASDAQ:CSUN)E-Ton Solar Tech (TPE:3452)Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (SHE:300118)Shunfeng Photovoltaic International (HKG:1165)Hong Kong Highpower Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:HPJ)C&G Environmental Protection Holdings Ltd (SGX:D79)China Recycling Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:CREG)Jiangsu Welle Environmetnal Co., Ltd. (SHE:300190)Novarise Renewable Resources Ltd (ASX:NOE)Nanhai Development Co., Ltd. (SHA:600323)China Energine International (Hldgs) Ltd (HKG:1185)-----------------------------------------------

Worst Performers
Share Price Loss > 20%

-----------------------------------------------Hanwei Energy Services (TSE:HE)Bodisen Biotech, Inc. (LON:BODI)LDK Solar (NYSE:LDK)Coslight Technology International Group (HKG:1043)Sunwoda Electronics Co (SHE:300207)Duoyuan Global Water (DGWIY:OTCMKTS)-----------------------------------------------

The China Cleantech Index is updated each month and published on the SinoCleantech website at www.sinocleantech.com. It is published internationally in conjunction with Cleantech Investor (www.cleantechinvestor.com) and in China in conjunction with Top Capital (www.topcapital.cn).

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