Selftrade's ETF Select 100: Who were the winners in November?

Japanese equities among top five

Japanese equity ETFs were among the best performers in Selftrade's ETF Select 100 over November, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in October's snap election boosted shares.

The db x-trackers JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF was the second best performing ETF for the month, returning 7.7%, while the db x-trackers MSCI Japan Index UCITS ETF and the db x-trackers Japan Nikkei 225 UCITS ETF were also in the top five, climbing 7.5% and 5.5% respectively. Japanese stocks jumped after Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a landslide victory in the recent election. This prompted the Nikkei 225 to rise 5% to 22,902 points, reaching levels not seen since the mid-1990s. Simon Glover, chairman of the ITI Group, said: "Early November saw a brief wobble in stock market co...