TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Jul 6, 2017) - Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) CGICGICGI reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at June 30, 2017 was $28.94, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.7% and 20.9%, respectively. These compare with the 0.7% and 11.0% 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 June 30, 2017 was $21.10, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 10.4% and 22.0%, respectively.

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

Materials	18.9%
Consumer Discretionary	16.3%
Energy	15.5%
Information Technology	14.0%
Industrials	13.5%
Financials	13.4%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	3.7%
Telecommunication Services	3.3%
Consumer Staples	2.0%
Utilities	1.1%

The top ten investments which comprised 35.9% of the investment portfolio at market as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

Dollarama Inc.	5.4%
Franco-Nevada Corporation	3.9%
NVIDIA Corporation	3.8%
Cash	3.7%
Bank of Montreal	3.5%
CCL Industries Inc.	3.3%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	3.2%
Royal Bank of Canada	3.1%
Open Text Corporation	3.1%
Amazon.com, Inc.	2.9%