The first three production units of Olympus Corp's (TYO:7733) (OTCMKTS:OCPNY) new Vanta portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer have been sold to CSIRO. CSIRO is a leader in portable XRF application development and research and is committed to using the latest in portable XRF technology.
The month's performance was driven by 16 companies having share price gains of more than 15%. The greatest percentage losses were recorded by China Singyes Solar Tech. (0750.HK), Heilongjiang Interchina Water Treatment (600187.SS) and Trina Solar (TSL).
The May 2016 Performance Report for the China CleanTech Index is now available. The China CleanTech Index outperformed two of its four benchmarks for the month of May 2016 and recorded a loss of 0.5%. The best performing sub-indices for the month were the China Efficiency Index with an 8.5% gain and the China Waste Index with a 1.8% gain.
The China CleanTech Index outperformed three of its four benchmarks for the month of March 2016 and recorded a gain of 11.4%, making up some of the 23% loses in January.
The China CleanTech Index outperformed two of its four benchmarks for the month of February 2016 and recorded a loss of 0.6%.
The China CleanTech Index underperformed all of its four benchmarks for the month of January 2016 and recorded a loss of 23.3%.
The China CleanTech Index outperformed all of its four benchmarks for the last quarter of 2015 and for the full year. In December 2015, it recorded a gain of 1.6%, over 4Q15 it gained 18.8% and over the full year of 2015 it gained 11.1%.
