The 2013 edition of the Almanac looks at the historic monthly performance of the FTSE 350 sectors. Here we look at the Software & Computer Services sector.
The following chart plots the average out-performance of the FTSE 350 Software & Computer Services sector over the FTSE 100 Index by month since 1999. For example, since 1999 on average the sector has out-performed the FTSE 100 Index by 4.4 percentage points in January.
Observations:
- The strongest months have been January and August – the sector has under-performed the market only four times in January in the last 13 years.
- The weakest month has been April – the sector has out-performed the market only five times in April in the last 13 years.
The nine stocks in the FTSE 350 Software & Computer Services sector [NMX9530] are-
| Anite [AIE] | Micro Focus International [MCRO] |
| AVEVA Group [AVV] | Sage Group (The) [SGE] |
| Computacenter [CCC] | SDL [SDL] |
| Fidessa Group [FDSA] | Telecity Group [TCY] |
| Invensys [ISYS] |
