There have been no sectors that have consistently out-performed the market in October.
The following table lists the sectors that have been weak in October.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Automobiles & Parts | NMX3350 |
| Construction & Materials | NMX2350 |
| Electricity | NMX7530 |
| Equity Investment Instruments | NMX8980 |
| Food & Drug Retailers | NMX5330 |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | NMX4530 |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 |
| Industrial Transportation | NMX2770 |
| Life Insurance | NMX8570 |
| Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | NMX4570 |
The table below lists the sectors that have historically out-performed the market in August.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Food & Drug Retailers | NMX5330 |
| Gas, Water & Multiutilities | NMX7570 |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | NMX4530 |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 |
| Software & Computer Services | NMX9530 |
The table below lists the sectors that have historically under-performed the market in August.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Chemicals | NMX1350 |
See also
The table below lists the sectors that have historically out-performed the market in April.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | NMX2730 |
| Industrial Engineering | NMX2750 |
| Personal Goods | NMX3760 |
The following table lists the sectors that have been weak in April.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 |
| Mining | NMX1770 |
| Mobile Telecommunications | NMX6570 |
| Software & Computer Services | NMX9530 |
The following chart shows the performance of the FTSE 350 stock sectors in the first quarter 2014.
26 of the 38 sectors out-performed the FTSE 100 Index in the first quarter of 2014.
The data for the above chart are given in the following table.
| FTSE 350 Sector | TIDM | Rtn 2014 1Q (%) |
| General Retailers | NMX5370 | 11.2 |
| Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution | NMX0570 | 11.1 |
| Real Estate Investment & Services | NMX8630 | 7.8 |
| Construction & Materials | NMX2350 | 7.4 |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | NMX4530 | 7.1 |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | NMX8670 | 5.3 |
| Electricity | NMX7530 | 5.0 |
| Automobiles & Parts | NMX3350 | 4.6 |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 | 4.1 |
| Food Producers | NMX3570 | 3.4 |
| Tobacco | NMX3780 | 3.2 |
| Gas, Water & Multiutilities | NMX7570 | 3.0 |
| Industrial Engineering | NMX2750 | 2.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | NMX4570 | 2.5 |
| Chemicals | NMX1350 | 2.2 |
| Financial Services | NMX8770 | 2.2 |
| Software & Computer Services | NMX9530 | 2.2 |
| Support Services | NMX2790 | 1.8 |
| Industrial Transportation | NMX2770 | 1.7 |
| Mining | NMX1770 | 1.4 |
| Nonlife Insurance | NMX8530 | 1.2 |
| Travel & Leisure | NMX5750 | 0.5 |
| Equity Investment Instruments | NMX8980 | 0.3 |
| Forestry & Paper | NMX1730 | 0.3 |
| Fixed Line Telecommunications | NMX6530 | 0.2 |
| Life Insurance | NMX8570 | -1.9 |
| FTSE 100 | UKX | -2.2 |
| Oil & Gas Producers | NMX0530 | -2.6 |
| Technology Hardware & Equipment | NMX9570 | -4.0 |
| Beverages | NMX3530 | -5.7 |
| Media | NMX5550 | -5.9 |
| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | NMX2730 | -6.1 |
| Personal Goods | NMX3760 | -6.2 |
| Banks | NMX8350 | -8.8 |
| General Industrials | NMX2720 | -8.8 |
| Aerospace & Defense | NMX2710 | -9.3 |
| Mobile Telecommunications | NMX6570 | -10.3 |
| Food & Drug Retailers | NMX5330 | -11.0 |
| Industrial Metals | NMX1750 | -24.7 |
The table below lists the sectors that have historically out-performed the market in February.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Chemicals | NMX1350 |
| Construction & Materials | NMX2350 |
| General Retailers | NMX5370 |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 |
| Mining | NMX1770 |
| Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution | NMX0570 |
The following table lists the sectors that have been weak in February.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | NMX2730 |
| Financial Services | NMX8770 |
| Fixed Line Telecommunications | NMX6530 |
| Mobile Telecommunications | NMX6570 |
| Technology Hardware & Equipment | NMX9570 |
The following chart shows the performance of the FTSE 350 stock sectors in 2013.
26 of the 38 sectors out-performed the FTSE 100 Index in the year, with 24 sectors increasing over 20%. Only three sectors saw negative returns in 2013.
The data for the above chart are given in the following table.
| FTSE 350 Sector | TIDM | Rtn 2013 (%) |
| Automobiles & Parts | NMX3350 | 63.2 |
| Fixed Line Telecommunications | NMX6530 | 61.8 |
| Forestry & Paper | NMX1730 | 56.2 |
| Mobile Telecommunications | NMX6570 | 52.7 |
| Financial Services | NMX8770 | 42.3 |
| Real Estate Investment & Services | NMX8630 | 41.4 |
| Travel & Leisure | NMX5750 | 38.1 |
| Aerospace & Defense | NMX2710 | 37.6 |
| Life Insurance | NMX8570 | 36.0 |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 | 35.1 |
| Technology Hardware & Equipment | NMX9570 | 35.1 |
| Media | NMX5550 | 34.9 |
| General Industrials | NMX2720 | 33.9 |
| General Retailers | NMX5370 | 32.6 |
| Industrial Transportation | NMX2770 | 30.7 |
| Industrial Engineering | NMX2750 | 27.5 |
| Support Services | NMX2790 | 26.6 |
| Personal Goods | NMX3760 | 26.2 |
| Software & Computer Services | NMX9530 | 25.6 |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | NMX4530 | 25.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | NMX4570 | 24.8 |
| Construction & Materials | NMX2350 | 23.4 |
| Chemicals | NMX1350 | 21.5 |
| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | NMX2730 | 21.3 |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | NMX8670 | 15.1 |
| Equity Investment Instruments | NMX8980 | 14.6 |
| FTSE 100 | UKX | 14.4 |
| Food Producers | NMX3570 | 13.7 |
| Beverages | NMX3530 | 11.7 |
| Nonlife Insurance | NMX8530 | 11.4 |
| Oil & Gas Producers | NMX0530 | 8.1 |
| Gas, Water & Multiutilities | NMX7570 | 8.0 |
| Banks | NMX8350 | 7.8 |
| Food & Drug Retailers | NMX5330 | 6.5 |
| Electricity | NMX7530 | 3.6 |
| Tobacco | NMX3780 | 2.3 |
| Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution | NMX0570 | -6.3 |
| Mining | NMX1770 | -16.4 |
| Industrial Metals | NMX1750 | -48.6 |
Performance of UK sectors in 2012
The 2013 edition of the Almanac looks at the historic monthly performance of the FTSE 350 sectors. Here we look at the Household Goods sector.
The following chart plots the average out-performance of the FTSE 350 Household Goods sector over the FTSE 100 Index by month since 2006. For example, since 2006 on average the Household Goods sector has out-performed the FTSE 100 Index by 2.0 percentage points in February.
Observations:
The eight stocks in the FTSE 350 Household Goods sector [NMX3720] are-
| Barratt Developments [BDEV] | Persimmon [PSN] |
| Bellway [BWY] | Reckitt Benckiser Group [RB.] |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) [BKG] | Redrow [RDW] |
| Bovis Homes Group [BVS] | Taylor Wimpey [TW.] |
The following table lists the sectors that have historically been strong in August.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Food & Drug Retailers | NMX5330 |
| Gas, Water & Multiutilities | NMX7570 |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | NMX4530 |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 |
| Software & Computer Services | NMX9530 |
And the following table lists the sectors that have been weak in August.
| Sector | TIDM |
| Chemicals | NMX1350 |
The following chart shows the performance of the FTSE 350 sectors in the first six months of 2013.
The data for the above chart are given in the following table.
| FTSE 350 Sector | TIDM | Chng 1H 2013 (%) |
| Automobiles & Parts | NMX3350 | 31.7 |
| Fixed Line Telecommunications | NMX6530 | 30.1 |
| Household Goods | NMX3720 | 26.0 |
| Real Estate Investment & Services | NMX8630 | 25.1 |
| Aerospace & Defense | NMX2710 | 23.2 |
| Forestry & Paper | NMX1730 | 22.2 |
| Mobile Telecommunications | NMX6570 | 21.4 |
| Travel & Leisure | NMX5750 | 18.2 |
| Financial Services | NMX8770 | 18.0 |
| General Retailers | NMX5370 | 17.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | NMX4570 | 16.8 |
| Software & Computer Services | NMX9530 | 16.4 |
| Media | NMX5550 | 14.0 |
| Industrial Transportation | NMX2770 | 13.5 |
| Support Services | NMX2790 | 12.4 |
| Food Producers | NMX3570 | 12.0 |
| Life Insurance | NMX8570 | 11.9 |
| Industrial Engineering | NMX2750 | 11.0 |
| General Industrials | NMX2720 | 10.8 |
| Personal Goods | NMX3760 | 9.2 |
| Nonlife Insurance | NMX8530 | 8.1 |
| Beverages | NMX3530 | 7.8 |
| Electricity | NMX7530 | 7.3 |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | NMX4530 | 7.0 |
| Equity Investment Instruments | NMX8980 | 7.0 |
| Gas, Water & Multiutilities | NMX7570 | 6.2 |
| FTSE 100 | UKX | 5.4 |
| Construction & Materials | NMX2350 | 5.3 |
| Banks | NMX8350 | 5.2 |
| Tobacco | NMX3780 | 4.6 |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | NMX8670 | 4.3 |
| Technology Hardware & Equipment | NMX9570 | 3.7 |
| Chemicals | NMX1350 | 3.5 |
| Food & Drug Retailers | NMX5330 | 2.5 |
| Oil & Gas Producers | NMX0530 | 2.0 |
| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | NMX2730 | -3.8 |
| Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution | NMX0570 | -7.9 |
| Mining | NMX1770 | -26.5 |
| Industrial Metals | NMX1750 | -58.4 |
The following chart shows the performance of the FTSE 350 stock sectors in 2012.
29 of the 38 sectors out-performed the FTSE 100 Index, with 26 sectors increasing over 10% in the year.