30th Jun 2014 13:06
LONDON (Alliance News) - Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC Monday said its net asset value declined by 8.9% in sterling terms on a total return basis over the year to the end of April, underperforming against the 6.8% fall in its benchmark, the currency-adjusted MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Index.
The trust's share price fell by 15.6% to 168.0 pence over the period, while the discount of the shares to NAV widened to 10.9% from 5.5% at the start of the period.
Over the last five years, the trust's cumulative NAV total return was 109.5% versus the benchmark return of 71.9%. The trust is managed by Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd.
Financial Highlights
| 2014 | 2013 |
Share price total return | -14.0% | +26.1% |
Net asset value total return | -8.9% | +18.8% |
Benchmark total return | -6.8% | +18.3% |
Earnings per share (revenue)* | 3.79p | 3.89p |
Dividends per share* | 3.60p | 3.40p |
Aberdeen New Dawn IT shares were Monday quoted at 175.00 pence, up 0.3%.
By Samuel Agini; [email protected]; @samuelagini
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