ETF · SPDR
WTEL State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD
ISIN IE00BYTRRG40London Stock Exchange: WTELState Street Corp.
- Single sectors
- ETF
- ISA
- SIPP
- Accumulating
Latest close
LSE$76.93
on
- Ongoing charge
- 0.30% a year
- Fund size
- £55.9m
As of , at least 15 min delayed
At a glance
As of 13/11/2026, WTEL (State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD, ISIN IE00BYTRRG40) closed at $76.93 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.30% a year (about £30 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +46.6%, or +14.5% after UK CPIH inflation.
Past returns
- 1 year to 13/11/2026
- −4.2%
- −7.6% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 3 years to 13/11/2026
- +62.8%
- +47.1% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 5 years to 13/11/2026
- +46.6%
- +14.5% after inflation (UK CPIH)
£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,466 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,145 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.
How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH
Calendar-year and 12-month returns
Calendar-year returns of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −30.3%, 2023 +39.1%, 2024 +38.2%, 2025 +19.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −3.8%. Returns of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +8.0%; to 30/09/2025: +34.0%; to 30/09/2024: +26.5%; to 30/09/2023: +16.7%; to 30/09/2022: −23.0%.
| Year | Return | After inflation | Return shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | −3.8% | −6.9% | |
| to | +19.1% | +15.0% | |
| to | +38.2% | +33.5% | |
| +39.1% | +33.6% | ||
| −30.3% | −36.2% |
| 12 months to | Return | After inflation |
|---|---|---|
| from | +8.0% | +4.2% |
| from | +34.0% | +28.8% |
| from | +26.5% | +23.3% |
| from | +16.7% | +9.7% |
| from | −23.0% | −29.3% |
As of , inflation: UK CPIH
How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing
Risk: volatility and largest fall
Volatility (annualised)
17.1%over 5 years
| 1 year | 17.7% |
|---|---|
| 3 years | 15.9% |
| 5 years | 17.1% |
Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.
- Largest fall since November 2021
- −33.0%
- From to
- Lowest 12-month return
- −31.8%
- 12 months to
- Highest 12-month return
- +44.3%
- 12 months to
- Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
- 9.5%
- High of , latest
In words: Volatility of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 17.7% over 1 year, 15.9% over 3 years, 17.1% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD since November 2021, in pounds: −33.0% from 19/11/2021 to 16/12/2022. The lowest 12-month return of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −31.8% (12 months to 04/11/2022); the highest was +44.3% (12 months to 13/12/2024). On 13/11/2026 the price of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD was 9.5% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (15/05/2026), in pounds.
As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund
How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall
Charges compared with similar funds
- Ongoing charge
- 0.30%
- a year
- On £10,000
- £30
- a year, roughly
- Over five years
- £149
- of £10,000, before growth
- 74 charge less
- 14 the same
- 76 charge more
Ongoing charge of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD 0.30% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 76 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 14 the same and 74 less (share classes counted once).
As of
A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.
As of
Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up
In plain English
SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from SPDR, launched in 2016.
It tracks the MSCI World Telecommunication Services 35/20 Capped Index - Benchmark TR Net — about 1,300 large and medium-sized companies in 23 developed countries, around 70% of it in the US.
You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.
Its ongoing charge is 0.3% a year — about £30 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.
Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Single sectors: Funds focused on one industry — banks, energy, defence, mining and so on.
Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN
Key facts
- Ticker
- WTEL
- ISIN
- IE00BYTRRG40
- Provider
- SPDR
- Tracks
- MSCI World Telecommunication Services 35/20 Capped Index
- Structure
- ETF
- An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
- Income
- Accumulating
- Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
- Ongoing charge
- 0.30% a year · about £30 on £10,000
- Fund size
- £55.9m
- Launched
- Domicile
- Ireland
- UK reporting fund status
- Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
- Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
- Can usually be held in
- ISA and SIPP
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- Currency hedged
- No
- Price currency
- USD
- Category
- Single sectors
Price chart
Over the last year, the closing price went from $78.01 on 14/11/2025 to $76.93 on 13/11/2026 (−1.4%). The lowest close shown was $73.98 on 30/10/2026 and the highest $86.45 on 08/05/2026.
One close a week. Before 07/08/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.
As of , at least 15 min delayed
Five years of prices, and after inflation
259 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.
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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price
What it holds
- Holdings
- 58
- on record
- Ten largest
- 74.0%
- of the whole fund
- Effective number of holdings
- 11
- As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
- Largest holding
- 17.3%
- Meta Platforms · Class A
Top 10 holdings
| Rank# | Holding | Weight as a percentage of the fund |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta Platforms · Class AMETACommunication ServicesUnited States | 17.28% |
| 2 | Alphabet · Class AGOOGLCommunication ServicesUnited States | 17.15% |
| 3 | Alphabet · Class CGOOGCommunication ServicesUnited States | 13.61% |
| 4 | NetflixNFLXCommunication ServicesUnited States | 6.40% |
| 5 | Walt DisneyDISCommunication ServicesUnited States | 4.78% |
| 6 | Verizon CommunicationsVZCommunication ServicesUnited States | 4.52% |
| 7 | AT&TTCommunication ServicesUnited States | 3.56% |
| 8 | Deutsche TelekomDTECommunication ServicesGermany | 2.33% |
| 9 | SoftBank Group9984Communication ServicesJapan | 2.20% |
| 10 | Spotify TechnologySPOTCommunication ServicesSweden | 2.13% |
As of , holdings as published
Where it invests
The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.
By country
- United States80.0%
- Japan7.8%
- Sweden2.8%
- Germany2.3%
- United Kingdom1.5%
- France1.4%
- Netherlands0.9%
- Spain0.7%
- Other countries2.6%
See the full portfolio
Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 58 largest and what changed since .
More of the portfolio
The fund publishes 58 holdings; the ten largest make up 74.0% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.
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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured
Risk and return in depth
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.
With a free accountRolling returns
The full range of 251 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 147 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.
With a free accountLargest falls and recoveries
The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.
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Moves compared with a similar fund
Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (149 weeks).
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Questions people ask
What is the ongoing charge of WTEL?
The ongoing charge of WTEL is 0.30% a year — about £30 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II PLC - State Street SPDR MSCI World Communication Services UCITS ETF Accum USD 0.30% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 76 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 14 the same and 74 less (share classes counted once).
What does WTEL track?
WTEL tracks the MSCI World Telecommunication Services 35/20 Capped Index - Benchmark TR Net — about 1,300 large and medium-sized companies in 23 developed countries, around 70% of it in the US.
Is WTEL accumulating or distributing?
WTEL is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
What is the ISIN of WTEL?
The ISIN of WTEL is IE00BYTRRG40. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; WTEL is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange.
What does WTEL hold?
As of 05/11/2026, WTEL holds 58 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Meta Platforms · Class A at 17.28% of the fund; the ten largest make up 74.0%. Its ten largest holdings are Meta Platforms · Class A (17.28%), Alphabet · Class A (17.15%), Alphabet · Class C (13.61%), Netflix (6.40%), Walt Disney (4.78%), Verizon Communications (4.52%), AT&T (3.56%), Deutsche Telekom (2.33%), SoftBank Group (2.20%) and Spotify Technology (2.13%).
What were WTEL’s returns in each of the last five years?
Calendar-year returns of WTEL in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −30.3%, 2023 +39.1%, 2024 +38.2%, 2025 +19.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −3.8%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
How has WTEL done after inflation?
Over the five years to 13/11/2026 WTEL’s total return was +46.6%, or +14.5% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
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Fund documents and methods
- Fund documents
- Fund page at State Street Global Advisors · Key investor information document (KIID) · Factsheet (links checked )
Methodology:ReturnsCategoriesAll methods
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