Shares that like April
The following table lists the five FTSE 350 shares that have the best returns in April over the last ten years. For example, Fenner has an average return of 9.11% for the month of April. All stocks have risen in April for at least eight of the past ten years.
| Company | TIDM | Avg(%) |
| Fenner | FENR | 9.1 |
| Royal Dutch Shell | RDSB | 5.4 |
| Aberdeen Asset Management | ADN | 4.6 |
| Severn Trent | SVT | 3.9 |
| SABMiller | SAB | 3.6 |
Shares that dislike April
The following table lists the four FTSE 350 shares that have the worst returns in April over the last ten years. For example, Balfour Beatty has an average return of -4.4% for the month of April. All four stocks have fallen in at least eight of the past ten years in April.
| Company | TIDM | Avg(%) |
| Balfour Beatty | BBY | -4.4 |
| Reed Elsevier | REL | -2.3 |
| BAE Systems | BA. | -1.6 |
| UNITE Group | UTG | 0.6 |
An equally-weighted portfolio of the above strong April stocks would have out-performed every year an equally-weighted portfolio of the above weak April stocks by an average of 7.3 percentage points in April for the past ten years.
