/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 02/03/16 -- Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX: CGI)(TSX: CGI.PR.C)(TSX: CGI.PR.D)(LSE: CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at January 31, 2016 was $22.86, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -6.2% and -13.5%, respectively. These compare with the -1.2% and -9.9% returns of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same periods.

The closing price for CGI's common shares at January 31, 2016 was $16.81, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -10.3% and -7.2%, respectively.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of January
 31, 2016 were as follows:

Financials                                                             21.8%
Consumer Discretionary                                                 19.0%
Industrials                                                            13.8%
Energy                                                                 12.4%
Materials                                                              11.9%
Information Technology                                                  6.4%
Cash & Cash Equivalents                                                 6.1%
Telecommunication Services                                              3.3%
Consumer Staples                                                        2.3%
Health Care                                                             1.8%
Utilities                                                               1.2%
The top ten investments which comprised 36.1% of the investment portfolio at
market as of January 31, 2016 were as follows:

Cash                                                                    6.1%
Dollarama Inc.                                                          5.4%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited                                        3.5%
CCL Industries Inc.                                                     3.3%
Bank of Montreal                                                        3.3%
Franco-Nevada Corporation                                               3.1%
Open Text Corporation                                                   3.1%
AutoZone, Inc.                                                          2.9%
Royal Bank of Canada                                                    2.8%
Enbridge Inc.                                                           2.6%

Contacts:
Canadian General Investments, Limited
Jonathan A. Morgan
President and CEO
(416) 366-2931
(416) 366-2729 (FAX)
cgifund@mmainvestments.com
www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca

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