China Cleantech Index May 2014 Result: Returning to Outperformance

Shenzhen, June 6, 2014 AEST (ABN Newswire) - The China CleanTech Index recorded a 2.9% gain in May 2014 and outperformed all of its four benchmarks.

The China CleanTech Index rose from 42.19 to 43.43 over the month of May recording a 2.9% gain. This compared to the NEX gain of 2.2%, the CTIUS gain of 1.4%, the Shanghai Composite gain of 0.6% and the MSCI gain of 1.6%.

The China CleanTech 20 recorded a loss of 0.8% over the month.

The best performing sub-indices for the month were the China Solar Index with a 6.3% gain and the China Water Index with a 5.7% gain. The two weakest sub-indices through May were the China Waste Index which recorded a loss of 6.1% and the China Environment Index recording a loss of 5.6%.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------Percentage          2011   2012   2013   May'14   3     6     12     3Change                                          Mnths Mnths  Mnths  Yrs-------------------------------------------------------------------------(CCTI)             -48.0% -16.5%  29.2%  2.9%  -7.2%  -4.2%   1.6% -32.6%(CCT20)            -47.4% -15.5%  24.1% -0.8% -10.7% -13.5%  -9.7% -39.1%(NEX)              -40.2%  -5.5%  53.7%  2.2%  -4.0%  10.6%  28.7%  -7.4%(CTIUS)            -18.3%   7.3%  37.0%  1.4%  -1.9%   5.2%  23.0%  12.0%(SHCOMP)           -21.7%   3.2%  -6.7%  0.6%  -0.8%  -8.2% -11.4% -25.7%(MSCI)             -7.6%   13.2%  24.1%  1.6%   2.4%   5.3%  16.5%  26.6%--------------------------------------------------------------------------CCTI - China CleanTech Index CCT20 - China CleanTech 20 NEX - Wilder Hill New Energy Global Innovation IndexCTIUS - Cleantech Index SHCOMP - China Shanghai Composite Index MSCI - MSCI World 

The market capitalisation of the 165 stocks in the China CleanTech Index is CNY 1.03 trillion, up a long way from its trough of CNY 604 billion in November 2012.

The month's performance was driven by 9 companies having share price gains of more than 20%. The greatest percentage gains were recorded by LED International Holdings Ltd. (LON:LED), Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited (HKG:0712) and HanKore Environment Tech Group Ltd (SGX:B22).

These were partially offset by losses from other companies with 13 companies having losses of more than 20%. The greatest percentage losses were recorded by RINO International Corporation (RINO:OTCMKTS), Zhejiang Feida Environmental Science Technology (SHA:600526) and China Sun Group High Tech (CSGH:OTCMKTS).

These best and worst performers are shown in the table below.

May 2014

-----------------------------------------------------Best PerformersShare Price Gain > 20%-----------------------------------------------------China Energy Recovery Inc. (CGYV:OTCMKTS) LED International Holdings Ltd. (LON:LED)Tinci Holdings Limited (LON:TNCI)Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited (HKG:0712)Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL)Duoyuan Global Water Inc. (DGWIY:OTCMKTS)HanKore Environment Tech Group Ltd (SGX:B22)China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd (NYSE:MY) Jiangsu Jixin Wind Energy Technology (SHA:601218)-----------------------------------------------------Worst PerformersShare Price Loss > 20%-----------------------------------------------------SmartHeat Inc (HEAT:OTCMKTS)RINO International Corporation (RINO:OTCMKTS)Xiamen Savings Environmental Co., Ltd (SHE:300056)Zhejiang Feida Env.Sci Tech Co Ltd (SHA:600526)Shanghai Yanhua Smartech Group Co Ltd (SHE:002178)Daqo New Energy Corp (NYSE:DQ)Sungrow Power Supply (SHE:300274)China Sun Group High Tech Co (CSGH:OTCMKTS)China Industrial Waste Management (CIWT:OTCMKTS)Guangdong Golden Dragon Development Inc. (SHE:000712)Jiangxi Sanchuan Water Meter Co., LTD (SHE:300066)Shanghai Canature Environmental Prod (SHE:300272)Guizhou Qianyuan Power (SHE:002039)-----------------------------------------------------

The China Cleantech Index is updated each month and published on the SinoCleantech website at:
http://www.sinocleantech.com

It is published internationally in conjunction with Cleantech Investor: http://www.cleantechinvestor.com
and in China in conjunction with Top Capital:
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