Sector Weightings
Weightings as at 30 September 2019
| FTAS (XIC) | NSCI (XIC) | ASCOT | |
| TOTALS | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| OIL & GAS | 14.0% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Oil & Gas Producers | 13.8% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.2% |
| Alternative Energy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| BASIC MATERIALS | 7.6% | 5.3% | 2.8% |
| Chemicals | 0.7% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Forestry & Paper | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Industrial Metals & Mining | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 6.4% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| INDUSTRIALS | 12.5% | 21.5% | 34.1% |
| Construction & Materials | 1.8% | 4.6% | 5.4% |
| Aerospace & Defence | 2.2% | 2.2% | 4.0% |
| General Industrials | 0.9% | 0.9% | 2.0% |
| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | 0.7% | 2.0% | 4.7% |
| Industrial Engineering | 0.9% | 1.9% | 3.8% |
| Industrial Transportation | 0.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% |
| Support Services | 5.7% | 7.8% | 12.3% |
| CONSUMER GOODS | 15.1% | 10.2% | 5.7% |
| Automobiles & Parts | 0.0% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
| Beverages | 3.9% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Food Producers | 0.7% | 3.0% | 2.0% |
| Household Goods & Home Construction | 3.5% | 3.4% | 2.0% |
| Leisure Goods | 0.1% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Personal Goods | 2.9% | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Tobacco | 3.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| HEALTH CARE | 9.9% | 2.6% | 1.5% |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% |
| Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | 8.7% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| CONSUMER SERVICES | 12.7% | 22.7% | 28.1% |
| Food & Drug Retailers | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| General Retailers | 1.7% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Media | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8.2% |
| Travel & Leisure | 5.0% | 11.2% | 14.4% |
| TELECOMMUNICATION | 2.9% | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Fixed Line Telecommunications | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Mobile Telecommunications | 2.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| UTILITIES | 2.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Electricity | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Gas, Water & Multiutilities | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| FINANCIALS | 21.2% | 24.9% | 19.2% |
| Banks | 10.2% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Nonlife Insurance | 1.1% | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Life Insurance | 3.6% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
| Real Estate Investment & Services | 0.4% | 6.2% | 7.9% |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | 2.0% | 5.1% | 2.4% |
| Financial Services | 3.8% | 9.1% | 7.3% |
| TECHNOLOGY | 1.1% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Software & Computer Services | 1.0% | 4.8% | 5.3% |
| Technology Hardware & Equipment | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.0% |
Notes:
ASCOT = Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc. The above weightings are calculated as a percentage of total investments.
NSCI (XIC) = Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies)
FTAS (XIC) = FTSE All-Share Index (Excluding Investment Companies)
Past performance is not a guide to future performance, nor a reliable indicator of future results or performance. Capital may be at risk as the value of investments can go down as well as up and is not guaranteed; therefore investors may not get back the amount originally invested.
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