Singapore Stocks Just Had Their Best Month in 6 Years — But the Real Test Starts Now
👋 Hey SGX fam — if you blinked last week, you basically missed the move. The $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$ just printed its strongest monthly gain since November 2020, cracked a fresh all-time high on Monday, and a certain shipbuilder decided to rip nearly +19% in five sessions off the back of a record earnings print. Buckle up — here's the full play-by-play, the why, and what actually matters next. 🎇The Setup: STI's Monster July (And an Even Fresher High) The $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$ climbed +8.8% in July — its best monthly performance since November 2020. It ended the month at 5,628.50 and notched an all-time high of 5,713.19 on July 29. For the first seven months of 202
🪙 SGX Just Had a Record Year — Now 50 IPOs Could Be Coming
Let's be honest — for the better part of a decade, writing about the Singapore stock market felt like narrating a slow-motion chess game where both players kept agreeing to a draw. Delistings outnumbered IPOs. Liquidity was thin. Retail investors yawned and went back to buying US tech. But something changed. And if you've been watching the $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$ chart lately, you already know what I'm talking about. On July 29, 2026, the $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$ hit an all-time intraday high of 5,713.19. That came on the back of an 8.8% monthly rally in July — the index's strongest monthly performance since November 2020 — and a 24.0% seven-month total retur
Weekly: ALK, OTX, BDA, A93, UIBU & XVG lead Buybacks
Over the five sessions, close to 70 director interests and substantial shareholdings were filed for more than 35 primary-listed stocks. Directors or CEOs reported six acquisitions and no disposals, while substantial shareholders recorded six acquisitions and four disposals. This included CEO or director acquisitions filed for AcroMeta, All-Link Air & Sea, PNE Industries, Stamford Land and SunMoon Food. 1. $All-Link A&S(ALK.SI)$ Executive Director and substantial shareholder Mdm Tang Ying acquired 5,050,800 shares on 5 August, the first day of trading for All-Link Air & Sea on the SGX Mainboard. The acquisition increased her direct interest from 51.7% to 55.02%. The group raised gross proceeds of approximately S$20.1 million fro
🇸🇬 Happy Birthday Singapore: The STI Is Up 23% — How Much Higher Can It Go?
Drop your take on Singapore’s market rally below to earn Tiger Coins for top insights! 🐯🪙 At Singapore's National Day, the Straits Times Index sits near all-time highs. The question is no longer whether it has rallied — but whether banks, the exchange, rate expectations, and capital reallocation can push it to the next level. Core Thesis 🐯 The $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$'s 22.6% rally is not just "National Day sentiment" — it is a structural repricing driven by Singapore's large-cap composition: resilient bank earnings, the exchange's scarce-asset premium, and defensive cash flows have pushed the index to the edge of record territory. As of the latest close, the STI stands at 5,698.43, up ~22.6% from the 2025 year-end level of
STI Banks' Combined NOII Reaches Record S$5.72 Billion in 2Q26
The combined index weight of $DBS(D05.SI)$$OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$$UOB(U11.SI)$ now accounts for around 20% of the FTSE ASEAN All-Share Index, up from around 9% at end-2019. Together, the trio manage approximately S$1.5 trillion in loans and deposits and have a combined market capitalisation of around S$420 billion. For 2Q26, the trio reported record combined total income of S$13.86 billion, comprising S$8.14 billion in net interest income and a record S$5.72 billion in non-interest income. Combined Income Record NOII Driven by Wealth, Treasury and Trading Activity Combined non-interest income (NOII) for DBS, OCBC and UOB reached a record S$5.72 billion in 2Q2