The 2013 edition of the Almanac looks at the historic monthly performance of the FTSE 350 sectors. Here we look at the Oil & Gas Producers sector.
The following chart plots the average out-performance of the FTSE 350 Oil & Gas Producers sector over the FTSE 100 Index by month since 1999. For example, since 1999 on average the Oil & Gas Producers sector has out-performed the FTSE 100 Index by 2.4 percentage points in March.
Observations:
- The strongest months have been March and June – the sector has under-performed the market only three times in March in the last 13 years.
- The weakest month has been November – the sector has out-performed the market only six times in march in the last 14 years.
The 13 stocks in the FTSE 350 Oil & Gas Producers sector [NMX0530] are-
| Afren [AFR] | Ophir Energy [OPHR] |
| BG Group [BG.] | Premier Oil [PMO] |
| BP [BP.] | Royal Dutch Shell [RDSB] |
| Cairn Energy [CNE] | Salamander Energy [SMDR] |
| EnQuest [ENQ] | SOCO International [SIA] |
| Essar Energy [ESSR] | Tullow Oil [TLW] |
| Heritage Oil Ltd [HOIL] |
