STI slips back under 3,000 points, in line with most key regional indexes

18 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
SINGAPORE'S benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) slipped back to under 3,000 on Monday, closing at 2,990.40 points, 14.47 points or 0.48 per cent lower. This was in spite of the Republic's December non-oil domestic exports registering a 6.8 per cent gain year on year, and having beaten market expectations. ...
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Singapore shares fall at Monday's open tracking Wall Street retreat; STI down 0.3%

18 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
SINGAPORE shares opened lower on Monday following losses on Wall Street as US President-elect Joe Biden's massive stimulus plan failed to shake downbeat sentiment on Friday. In Singapore, key export figures capped the year with a surprise increase in December on the back of non-electronics growth, breaking ...
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Stocks to watch: Boustead, Sembcorp, OUE Lippo Healthcare, ART, Q&M

18 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday: Boustead Projects: The mainboard-listed real estate player on Monday said it has obtained a green loan of about S$130 million from UOB to refinance ALICE@Mediapolis, an eco-sustainable business park development. ...
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Bets on 2021 economic recovery largely priced in

18 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
THE ongoing rally spurred by hopes for economic recovery has been recently put on hold by both a worsening pandemic, as well as a rising US dollar and 10-year bond yields that are responsible for massive sell-offs in riskier assets such as bitcoin and relatively overstretched equities. Bitcoin... To ...
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Singapore shares up for third straight session, STI gains 0.16%

15 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
SINGAPORE shares ended the week in positive territory, marking its third straight session of gains. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.16 per cent or 4.87 points to close at 3,004.87 points on Friday. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 289 to 202, after 4.2 billion securities ...
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Broker's take: OCBC turns positive on aviation, maintains 'sell' on SIA

15 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
OCBC Investment Research has turned more positive on the aviation sector given recent progress on Covid-19 vaccines and easing travel restrictions. The research house now expects the sector to recover gradually in 2021. In a Thursday report, analyst Chu Peng said she believes the recovery, which is expected ...
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iFast responds to SGX query, cites contract bids, news and industry reports

15 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
IFAST has responded to the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) earlier query on its share price movements, saying it has participated in the bidding of projects, including "certain ones in Hong Kong" which may have a material positive impact on its business should they prove successful. This comes after SGX this ...
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Hot stock: iFast surges more than 5.5%, prompting SGX query

15 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
SHARES of wealth management platform iFast Corp surged S$0.24 or 5.5 per cent to S$4.59 as at 9.45am on Friday, which resulted in the Singapore Exchange (SGX) issuing a query on the "unusual price movements". The counter continued its rally to hit an intraday high of S$4.64 before easing slightly to ...
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Singapore stocks open lower on Friday; STI down 0.2%

15 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
SINGAPORE shares dipped at the opening bell on Friday, pulling back slightly from Thursday's close at 3,000 points, a record high since March last year. This comes as incoming US president Joe Biden unveiled a US$1.9 trillion stimulus plan designed to jump-start the US economy and accelerate the country's ...
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First Reit FY2020 DPU down 51.7% to 4.15 S cents

15 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
FIRST Reit on Thursday night reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of 4.15 Singapore cents for FY2020, down 51.7 per cent from its FY2019 DPU of 8.6 cents. Its manager reported a DPU of 0.84 cent for the Q4 ended Dec 31, 2020. This brings the Reit's DPU for the second half of FY2020 to 1.85 cents, representing ...
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