Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 3816V
Canadian General Investments Ld
06 August 2015
 



NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY MARKETWIRED

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.C, CGI.PR.D

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

August 6, 2015

 

Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited

 

TORONTO, CANADA - Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at July 31, 2015 was $26.94, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 0.6% and -1.9%, respectively.  These compare with the 0.6% and -2.9% returns of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same periods.

 

The closing price for CGI's common shares at July 31, 2015 was $19.86, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 0.4% and 4.4%, respectively.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of July 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

Financials

22.0%

Consumer Discretionary

19.6%

Industrials

14.6%

Energy

14.4%

Materials

12.1%

Information Technology

6.5%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

3.1%

Telecommunication Services

3.0%

Consumer Staples

2.0%

Health Care

1.7%

Utilities

1.0%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 35.9% of the investment portfolio at market as of

July 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

7.7%

Enbridge Inc.

4.0%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

3.9%

Element Financial Corporation

3.5%

Canadian Cash

3.1%

Bank of Montreal

2.8%

Air Canada

2.8%

Gildan Activewear Inc.

2.7%

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

2.7%

Magna International Inc.

2.7%

 

 



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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Canadian General Investments, Limited

Jonathan A. Morgan

President and CEO

Phone: (416) 366-2931

Fax: (416) 366-2729

e-mail: cgifund@mmainvestments.com

website: www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca

 

 

 

    

                                                                                                                     


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