Jupiter Gr. Share News (JGC)

LONDON (Alliance News) - Jupiter Green Investment Trust PLC Monday said the value of its assets less its liabilities, or its net asset value, grew by 16.5% to GBP38.1 million over its last financial year, outperforming the 10.7% increase in its benchmark, the MSCI World Small Cap Index, over the same period.

In a statement, the trust said its NAV per share increased by 16.5% to 145.00 pence over the year ended March 31. Over the same period, the discount at which its shares trade to NAV per share narrowed to 2.2% from 6.9%, with the trust adding that it has remained consistently close to that level since.

Jupiter Green shares were Monday quoted at 141.00 pence, down 0.9%.

By Samuel Agini; samagini@alliancenews.com; @samuelagini

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