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First Asia's blue chip index is reconstituted every year, based on our methodology of looking at the region's most profitable companies. The index was reconstituted at the beginning of October. The First Asia 100 was launched in September 2002 and when launched we said that each year we would reconstitute the list. The list is designed to be a blue chip index of Asia's 100 most profitable companies based on an agggregate of three years profits. We arrived at the list last year by asking UBS to sort the region's companies based on three years of aggregate profit and this time we asked UBS to do the same exercise again.
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Closing
Price
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Date
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| 1068.0 |
02/09/03 |
| 1099.0 |
09/09/03 |
| 1078.0 |
16/09/03 |
| 1071.0 |
23/09/03 |
| 1082.0 |
30/09/03 |
| 1043.0 |
07/10/03 |
| 1043.0 |
07/10/03 |
| 1086.0 |
21/10/03 |
| 1060.0 |
28/10/03 |
| 1095.0 |
04/11/03 |
| 1104.0 |
11/11/03 |
| 1101.0 |
18/11/03 |
| 1062.0 |
25/11/03 |
| 1086.0 |
2/12/03 |
| 1096.0 |
9/12/03 |
| 1122.0 |
16/12/03 |
| 1173.0 |
05/01/04 |
| 1220.0 |
12/01/04 |
| 1200.0 |
19/01/04 |
| 1232.0 |
26/01/04 |
| 1202.0 |
2/02/04 |
| 1203.0 |
9/02/04 |
| 1245.0 |
16/02/04 |
| 1242.0 |
23/02/04 |
| 1249.0 |
01/03/04 |
| 1240.0 |
08/03/04 |
| 1192.0 |
15/03/04 |
| 1202.0 |
21/03/04 |
| 1173.0 |
29/03/04 |
| 1215.0 |
05/04/04 |
| 1228.0 |
13/04/04 |
| 1195.0 |
19/04/04 |
| 1201.0 |
26/04/04 |
| 1133.0 |
03/05/04 |
| 1133.0 |
10/05/04 |
| 1076.0 |
24/05/04 |
| 1114.0 |
31/05/04 |
| 1102.0 |
7/06/04 |
| 1080.0 |
14/06/04 |
| 1042.0 |
21/06/04 |
| 1073.0 |
28/06/04 |
| 1084.0 |
5/07/04 |
| 1076.0 |
12/07/04 |
| 1059.0 |
19/07/04 |
| 1065.0 |
26/07/04 |
| 1061.0 |
2/08/04 |
| 1072.0 |
9/08/04 |
| 1067.0 |
16/08/04 |
| 1078.0 |
23/08/04 |
| 1105.0 |
30/08/04 |
| 1118.0 |
6/09/04 |
| 1130.0 |
13/09/04 |
| 1153.0 |
20/09/04 |
| 1142.0 |
27/09/04 |
| 1188.0 |
4/10/04 |
| 1207.0 |
11/10/04 |
| 1175.0 |
18/10/04 |
| 1173.0 |
25/10/04 |
| 1183.0 |
1/11/04 |
| 1227.0 |
8/11/04 |
| 1246.0 |
15/11/04 |
| 1259.0 |
22/11/04 |
| 1262.0 |
29/11/04 |
| 1293.0 |
06/12/04 |
| 1255.0 |
13/12/04 |
| 1265.0 |
10/01/05 |
| 1272.0 |
17/01/05 |
| 1276.0 |
24/01/05 |
| 1291.0 |
31/01/05 |
| 1302.0 |
07/02/05 |
| 1313.0 |
14/02/05 |
| 1332.0 |
21/02/05 |
| 1357.0 |
28/02/05 |
| 1332.0 |
07/03/05 |
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The constituent companies are:
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Rank |
Name |
Total Earnings
over cycle ($m) |
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1 |
HSBC Holdings |
23,150
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2 |
Petrochina Co. Ltd. |
19,611
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3 |
Samsung Electronics |
16,514
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4 |
China Mobile (HK) Ltd |
11,636
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5 |
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) |
6,931
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6 |
KEPCO |
5,663
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7 |
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation |
5,481
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8 |
China Telecom |
4,896
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9 |
Chunghwa Telecom |
3,762
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10 |
SK Telecom |
3,730
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11 |
Hang Seng Bank |
3,641
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12 |
Hyundai Motor |
3,492
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13 |
China National Offshore Oil Corporation |
3,470
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14 |
Cheung Kong |
3,307
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15 |
Hutchison Whampoa |
3,263
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16 |
POSCO |
3,184
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17 |
Singapore Telecom |
3,113
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18 |
Sun Hung Kai Properties |
2,935
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19 |
CLP Holdings |
2,826
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20 |
BOCHK |
2,775
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21 |
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) |
2,434
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22 |
Reliance Industries |
2,392
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23 |
HK Electric |
2,371
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24 |
DBS Bank |
2,190
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25 |
UOB |
2,052
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26 |
KT Corp |
2,046
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27 |
Swire Pacific |
1,984
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28 |
PTT Public Company |
1,902
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29 |
China Steel |
1,778
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30 |
Telkom Indonesia |
1,736
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31 |
China Unicom Ltd. |
1,708
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32 |
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co |
1,668
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33 |
MTR Corporation Limited |
1,660
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34 |
Huaneng Power |
1,559
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35 |
Singapore Airlines |
1,537
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36 |
OCBC |
1,514
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37 |
Samsung SDI |
1,442
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38 |
Hon Hai Precision |
1,429
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39 |
Kia Motors Corporation |
1,383
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40 |
Malayan Banking |
1,381
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41 |
Kookmin Bank |
1,378
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42 |
Taiwan Cellular Corp |
1,344
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43 |
Cathay Financial Holdings |
1,268
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44 |
New LG Electronics |
1,248
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45 |
Mega Holdings |
1,239
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46 |
M. Int. Shipp. C. |
1,235
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47 |
Bank Mandiri |
1,191
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48 |
HK & China Gas |
1,188
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49 |
Nan Ya Plastics |
1,133
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50 |
KTFreetel |
1,106
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51 |
Asustek Computer Inc |
1,079
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52 |
Hindustan Lever |
1,068
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53 |
Shinhan Financial Group |
1,060
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54 |
Fubon Holdings |
1,037
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55 |
MediaTek |
1,036
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56 |
Henderson Land |
1,026
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57 |
Wharf Holdings |
1,003
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58 |
Quanta |
1,001
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59 |
Hyundai Mobis |
999
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60 |
Formosa C&Fibre |
976
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61 |
Adv Info Service |
976
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62 |
Citic Pacific |
975
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63 |
Tenaga Nasional |
969
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64 |
Formosa Plastics |
930
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65 |
Telekom Malaysia |
929
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66 |
Korea Tobacco & Ginseng |
924
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67 |
Chinatrust Group |
904
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68 |
Bharat Petroleum Corporation |
854
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69 |
ITC |
846
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70 |
Astra Int'l |
826
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71 |
Hindustan Petroleum |
825
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72 |
Bank Central Asia |
819
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73 |
Siam Cement |
798
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74 |
Chalco |
790
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75 |
PTT Exploration & Production |
783
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76 |
Yue Yuen Industrial |
776
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77 |
Wheelock |
757
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78 |
Mahanagar Tel Nigam |
752
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79 |
Maxis |
752
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80 |
ICICI Bank |
748
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81 |
Keppel Corp. |
740
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82 |
Proton |
708
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83 |
Cathay Pacific |
704
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84 |
Gudang Garam |
682
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85 |
Compal Electronics Inc |
673
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86 |
Jardine Matheson |
670
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87 |
Henderson Inv |
668
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88 |
Far EasTone |
662
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89 |
LG Chemical |
657
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90 |
Bank of East Asia |
654
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91 |
Public Bank |
651
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92 |
Daewoo Shipbuilding |
621
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93 |
Sime Darby (M) |
620
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94 |
Videsh Sanchar Nigam |
615
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95 |
Bangkok Bank |
613
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96 |
Infosys Technologies |
606
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97 |
Shinsegae |
597
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98 |
Beijing Datang Power |
597
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99 |
Samsung F&M |
579
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100 |
WIPRO |
573
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Note: HSBC has been incorporated because it is a Hong Kong listed company. We have also incorporated the new financial sector financial holding companies from Taiwan.
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