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Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened Lower on Monday. STI fell 0.14%; AJBU fell 1.9%; AWX fell 1.7%; G13 fell 1.6%; OV8 fell 0.3%. Stocks in Focus $Bumitama Agri(P8Z.SI)$: The company said on Friday that preliminary investigations had found no evidence linking its operations to the forest fires in Indonesia or the haze affecting Singapore. It added that a fire in one of its concessions had originated outside its boundaries before spreading into the area. The counter fell 4.8 per cent or S$0.09 to S$1.78 on Friday before the company called for a trading halt to issue a clarification statement. It will resume trading on Monday. $Wee Hur(E3B.SI)$: The property and construction group is entering Singap

Singapore stocks rose this week, with the STI up 0.3%, as investors digested a stronger-than-expected surge in non-oil domestic exports (NODX), even as palm oil counters came under pressure amid scrutiny over haze-causing fires. In terms of individual stocks, UOB rose 4.1%; Yangzijiang Shipbuilding rose 2.2%; SGX rose 1.3%; DBS rose 1%; SIA fell 0.6%; Singtel fell 1.4%; Wilmar fell 3.1%; Sats, Keppel fell 4%; SIA Engineering fell 6.5%; Seatrium fell 7.5%. Market News Singapore's MAS Stands Pat as Easing AI Boom Tames Inflation Singapore’s central bank unexpectedly left monetary policy unchanged as it expects both the global energy crunch and the artificial-intelligence boom to ease up in 2027. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which uses the exchange rate as its main policy tool rather

Market Snapshot On Friday, Singapore stocks opened higher, with the Straits Times Index (STI) rising nearly 0.3%. Singtel, DBS, OCBC Bank and UOL edged up modestly, while JMH USD fell more than 3% in early trade. Stocks in Focus The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Oct 16): Singapore Airlines (SIA) : Passenger traffic rose 2.8 per cent year on year in September, supported by healthy demand across most regions, it said on Thursday. The group said it carried 3.5 million passengers during the month, up 3.7 per cent from a year earlier. Shares of SIA closed 0.8 per cent or S$0.05 lower at S$6.49 on Thursday, before the news. CapitaLand India Trust (Clint) : The trust on Thursday announced the launch of a new data centre in Chennai

Market Snapshot On Thursday, October 15, the Singapore stock market opened lower, with the STI down about 0.4%. AEM SGD tumbled over 6% in early trading, UMS fell more than 5%, while DBS, OCBC Bank, and UOL all edged down slightly. Stocks in Focus The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Oct 15): Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) : The hospitality management group said on Wednesday that it has not made any decision to sell or redevelop its properties, following a report that Hongkong Land is in talks to acquire a majority stake in Forum The Shopping Mall, HPL House and voco Orchard Singapore. Potential redevelopment plans of the properties were also raised. HPL added that there is no certainty any transaction or corporate action wi

Market Snapshot On Wednesday, Singapore stocks edged higher in early trading, with the STI index up 0.2%. Singtel rose more than 1%, while AEM SGD and JMH USD gained 0.8%. OCBC Bank and DBS edged lower. Stocks in Focus The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Oct 14): Kore US Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) : The manager said on Tuesday that it has completed a full-floor spec-suite development, The Post at 10800 The Plaza Buildings in Bellevue, Washington. This is the Reit’s second such development at The Plaza Buildings, and its fourth full-floor spec-suite development in total. Half of its six suites were leased prior to completion. Units of Kore US Reit ended 1.3 per cent or US$0.002 down at US$0.15 on Tuesday, prior to

Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened higher on Friday. STI rose 0.82%; AEM SGD up over 6%; UMS, Kep Infra Tr up about 2%; JMH USD, Singtel, DBS, OCBC Bank, UOL up over 1%. SG Local News ‘Bringing Asean together as a single market’: PM Wong For South-east Asia to continue attracting investments, the challenge lies in bringing Asean together as a single market, while encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. “We really have to harness the benefits of a single market, which we don’t have today,” he said. PM Wong was speaking at a dialogue with DBS CEO Tan Su Shan at the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference held at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre on Monday (Oct 12). They discussed a range of topics, from how to responsibly manage t

Market Snapshot On Monday, October 12, Singapore stocks opened slightly higher. The STI rose over 0.1%, JMH USD gained more than 1%, and AEM SGD advanced 0.6%, while Singtel fell 0.7% and UOL dropped 0.6%. Stocks in Focus The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Oct 12): Singapore Exchange (SGX) : Securities daily average value on the SGX rose 27 per cent year on year to S$1.9 billion in September, with turnover also up 27 per cent at S$42.2 billion. This came as global investors “sought trusted markets and risk-management tools amid persistent uncertainty marked by elevated energy prices and higher borrowing costs”, said the bourse operator. Shares of SGX rose 0.4 per cent to close S$0.09 higher at S$20.73 on Friday. UMS Integrati

Singapore stocks extended their weakness this week, with the STI plunging 4.13% for the week. Pressure from oil and the bond market continued to weigh on sentiment. On the individual stock front, $AEM SGD(AWX.SI)$ surged over 7% for the week, approaching its historical high; $First Resources(EB5.SI)$ gained more than 6.5%. $Ambiq Micro(AMQ.SI)$ plunged nearly 14%, while $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ fell over 8%, $UOB(U11.SI)$ dropped more than 7%, and $DBS(D05.SI)$ declined 5%. Market News Singapore retail sales growth slows to 0.7%

Singapore bank shares deepened their decline on Friday as JPMorgan Chase & Co. cautioned that sharply rising long bond yields will weigh on third-quarter earnings for lenders in Southeast Asia. $UOB(U11.SI)$ fell 1.91%; $DBS(D05.SI)$ fell 1.27%; $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ fell 0.45%. On Thursday, DBS Group Holdings Ltd. and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. each fell more than 4%, while United Overseas Bank Ltd. dropped 5.2%. These stocks were among the heaviest drags on the benchmark Straits Times Index, which plunged 3.5%, its biggest drop since April 2025. The index was the weakest performer in Asia. The slide follows a multiyear rally in Singapore lenders fuel

Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened higher on Friday. STI rose 0.72%; OCBC Bank, UOB, Bumitama Agri, OUEREIT, YZJ Shipbldg jumped around 1%. Stocks in Focus $Frasers Property(TQ5.SI)$: The CEO of Frasers Hospitality Eu Chin Fen will be stepping down, effective Jan 1, 2027. This follows the privatisation of Frasers Hospitality Trust and its portfolio optimisation. Frasers Hospitality’s leadership structure “will be strategically segmented, aligning with group resources, and reporting into senior group leadership”. Its chief operating officer Chew Hang Song will report to the group CEO. The counter closed at S$0.955 on Thursday, down S$0.01 or 1 per cent. $StarHub(CC3.SI)$: The telco said it will ac