Rising Demand Boosts Confidence,Guotai CSI Semiconductor Material Equipment Theme ETF(159516) Rises 0.50% Intraday

NewTimeSpace News: As of 13:54 on April 3, 2026, the CSI Semiconductor Materials & Equipment Theme Index (931743) gained 0.62%. Component stocks: CSG Specialty Gases rose 20.01%, Jiangfeng Electronics 11.68%, Tianyue Advanced 7.39%, Guangli Micro 3.88%, and Aisen Co. 3.43%.Guotai CSI Semiconductor Material Equipment Theme ETF(159516) advanced 0.50% to RMB 0.81. Over the longer term, as of April 2, 2026, the ETF had risen 4.21% in the past three months. (Stocks listed are index components only, not investment recommendations.)

In terms of liquidity, the ETF posted an intraday turnover rate of 2.48% and trading volume of RMB 481 million. As of April 2, its average daily trading volume in the past month reached RMB 1.216 billion, ranking first among comparable funds.

In terms of size, the ETF added RMB 17.107 billion in assets under management in the past year, marking notable growth and ranking in the top 1/5 among peers. (Source: Wind)

In terms of shares outstanding, the ETF’s latest shares reached 23.947 billion units, a one-year high, ranking in the top 1/5 among peers. (Source: Wind)

Leverage capital has continued to allocate to the ETF. Its net margin purchase amount on the previous trading day reached RMB 27.1978 million, with margin balance standing at RMB 628 million. (Source: Wind)

As of April 2, the ETF’s net value surged 91.81% in the past two years, ranking 104th out of 2,641 index equity funds, in the top 3.94%. In terms of performance, since inception, its best single-month return was 25.44%, longest winning streak 4 months (up 57.08%), with an average return of 10.11% in winning months, annual profitability rate of 100.00%, and 100.00% probability of profit for a 2-year holding period. Since launch, it has outperformed its benchmark by an annualized 1.44%.

As of March 27, 2026, the ETF’s one-year Sharpe ratio was 1.51.

In terms of drawdown, its tracking error relative to the benchmark year-to-date was 0.19% as of April 2.

In terms of fees, the ETF charges a management fee of 0.50% and a custody fee of 0.10%, the lowest among comparable funds.

In terms of tracking accuracy, its two-year tracking error stood at 0.025% as of April 2, the highest precision among comparable funds.

Guotai CSI Semiconductor Material Equipment Theme ETFclosely tracks the CSI Semiconductor Materials & Equipment Theme Index, which selects 40 listed companies engaged in semiconductor materials and equipment as index components to reflect the overall performance of listed firms in the semiconductor materials and equipment sector.

As of March 31, 2026, the top 10 constituent stocks of the CSI Semiconductor Materials & Equipment Theme Index (931743) were AMEC, Northern Huachuang, Toptech Engineering, Changchuan Technology, HHGate, Shanghai Silicon Industry, CAS Measurement, Nanda Optoelectronics, Ajitech, and Jiangfeng Electronics, accounting for a combined 65.14% of index weight. (Stocks listed are index components only, not investment recommendations.)

Industrial Research said that on the semiconductor demand side: global semiconductor sales jumped 46.1% year-on-year to US$82.54 billion in January 2026. On the semiconductor import and export side: the unit prices of China’s integrated circuit imports and exports rose 45.2% and 63.8% year-on-year respectively in February 2026.

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