Pakistani Software Defensive Blue Chips

National Bank of Canada

Market Cap: CA$86.2b

Provides financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional clients, and governments in Canada and internationally.

Sempra

Market Cap: US$60.6b

Engages in the regulated utilities business in the United States and Mexico.

Crédit Agricole

Market Cap: €52.9b

Provides retail and corporate banking, insurance, and investment banking products and services in France, Italy, rest of the European Union, rest of Europe, North America, Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and Japan.

Standard Chartered

Market Cap: UK£45.1b

Provides various banking products and services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.

Aflac

Market Cap: US$59.7b

Through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products.

Target

Market Cap: US$59.3b

Operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States.

Alimentation Couche-Tard

Market Cap: CA$83.0b

Operates and licenses convenience stores in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Nongfu Spring

Market Cap: HK$454.8b

Produces and sells packaged drinking water and beverage products primarily in Mainland China.

Saudi Telecom

Market Cap: ر.س216.7b

Provides telecommunications, information, media, and digital payment services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and internationally.

Life Insurance Corporation of India

Market Cap: ₹5.5t

Provides life insurance products in India, Fiji, Mauritius, and the United Kingdom.

Great-West Lifeco

Market Cap: CA$81.2b

Engages in the life and health insurance, retirement savings, wealth and asset management, and reinsurance businesses in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings)

Market Cap: HK$447.2b

An investment holding company, provides banking and related financial services to corporate and individual customers in Hong Kong, China, and internationally.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment China

Market Cap: CN¥383.1b

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc.

Singapore Telecommunications

Market Cap: S$72.9b

Provides telecommunication services to consumers and small businesses in Singapore, Australia, and internationally.

Cardinal Health

Market Cap: US$55.7b

Operates as a healthcare services and products company in the United States and internationally.

ASM International

Market Cap: €48.5b

Engages in the research, development, manufacturing, marketing, and servicing of equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Cencora

Market Cap: US$55.1b

Cencora, Inc. sources and distributes pharmaceutical products in the United States and internationally.

China CITIC Bank

Market Cap: CN¥370.5b

Provides various banking products and services in the People’s Republic of China and internationally.

MetLife

Market Cap: US$54.4b

A financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide.

Renesas Electronics

Market Cap: JP¥8.8t

Engages in the design, research, development, manufacturing, sale, and service of semiconductors in Japan, China, rest of Asia, Europe, North America, and internationally.

KBC Group

Market Cap: €47.5b

Provides banking, insurance, and asset management services in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia.

Vistra

Market Cap: US$53.5b

Operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company in the United States.

Industrial Bank

Market Cap: CN¥361.0b

Provides banking products and services in the People’s Republic of China.

HOYA

Market Cap: JP¥8.6t

A med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products in the Japan, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and internationally.

Edwards Lifesciences

Market Cap: US$53.0b

Provides products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular diseases in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally.

Danone

Market Cap: €46.2b

Operates in the food and beverage industry in Europe, Ukraine, North America, China, North Asia, the Oceania, Latin America, rest of Asia, Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

E.ON

Market Cap: €46.2b

Operates as an energy company in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, and internationally.

Entergy

Market Cap: US$52.6b

Engages in the production and retail distribution of electricity in the United States.

Loblaw Companies

Market Cap: CA$74.6b

A food and pharmacy company, provides grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise, financial services, and wireless mobile products and services in Canada and the United States.

Fubon Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$1.7t

Provides various financial products and services in Taiwan, Asia, and internationally.

First Abu Dhabi Bank P.J.S.C

Market Cap: د.إ191.6b

Provides various banking products and services in the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Arab countries, the Americas, Asia, and internationally.

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Market Cap: د.إ190.8b

Engages in the provision of corporate, institutional, retail, treasury, and Islamic banking services.

Disco

Market Cap: JP¥8.3t

Manufactures and sells precision cutting, grinding, and polishing machines in Japan and internationally.

Erste Group Bank

Market Cap: €44.9b

Provides a range of banking and other financial services to retail, corporate, and public sector customers.

United Overseas Bank

Market Cap: S$66.2b

Provides banking products and services worldwide.

Fifth Third Bancorp

Market Cap: US$51.1b

Operates as the bank holding company for Fifth Third Bank, National Association that provides a range of financial products and services in the United States.