Market Update: STI up 0.26%

21 May 2021 - Singapore Business Review
Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust saw the sharpest decline during Friday's trading, with a 0.69% drop. The Straits Times Index ended 8.08 or 0.26% higher at 3,117.89 at the close of trading on Friday, May 21. Among the top active stocks were Venture Corp. Ltd. which grew 1.36%, CapitaLand which grew ...
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Council for Board Diversity still falls short of WOB goals

13 Apr 2021 - Singapore Business Review
The slower rate of women director appointments is said to be a local issue in Singapore. Singapore’s Council for Board Diversity (CBD) has announced that women’s participation on boards (“WOB”) increased in 2020 but still fell short of the goals set in 2019. The largest 100 primary-listed companies on ...
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Singapore organisations still falls short of WOB goals: CBD

12 Apr 2021 - Singapore Business Review
The slower rate of women director appointments is said to be a local issue in Singapore. Singapore’s Council for Board Diversity (CBD) has announced that women’s participation on boards (“WOB”) increased in 2020 but organisations in the people, public and private sectors have yet to achieve the targets ...
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STI gains 9.2% in March

17 Mar 2021 - Singapore Business Review
The Straits Times Index continues to recover. The Straits Times Index (STI) gained 9.2% as of 15 March, according to latest data from the Singapore Exchange. The index, which tracks the top 30 companies traded in the exchange, falls within 20% of the record high of May 2018, and would have to decline ...
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Venture Corp net profit ‘broadly' in-line with consensus: analyst

4 Mar 2021 - Singapore Business Review
Its net profit for FY2020 declined 18.1% YoY to $297.3m whilst its revenue declined 17.1% YoY to $3b. Venture Corp net profit for FY2020 was down 18.1% YoY to $297.3m, but it is still "broadly" in-line with the consensus of OCBC Investment Research (OIR). Its revenue also declined 17.1% YoY to $3b during ...
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SGX reveals five most traded tech stocks in 2020

4 Mar 2021 - Singapore Business Review
The five stocks saw $70m a day in combined daily trading turnover. Singapore’s five most traded technology stocks over the first nine weeks of 2021 have been AEM Holdings, Venture Corporation, UMS Holdings, ISDN Holdings and Nanofilm technologies International, according to Singapore Exchange. “Sector ...
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Venture Corp FY2020 net profit fell 18.1% to $297.3m

3 Mar 2021 - Singapore Business Review
Its revenue declined 17.1% to $3b for the same period. Venture Corp has posted a net profit of $297.3m, down 18.1% YoY from $363.1m the previous year, the company announced. Its revenue also declined by 17.1% YoY from $3.6b to $3b during the same period. “The group’s results reflected the steady recovery ...
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Singapore stocks end week almost flat, STI inches up 0.05%

5 Feb 2021 - The Business Times
LOCAL equities ended Friday on a flat note amid a directionless trading session. Investor optimism also took a hit from the announcement of a 3.6 per cent year-on-year decline in Singapore's retail sales for December 2020, as many industries remained affected by low visitor arrivals. The benchmark Straits ...
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Singapore stocks close higher on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street gains, STI up 0.7%

2 Feb 2021 - The Business Times
LOCAL shares, along with other stock markets in Asia, took their cue from advances on Wall Street, and closed higher on Tuesday. All Wall Street Indices had closed in the black on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.8 per cent; the S&P 500 added 1.6 per cent, and the Nasdaq rose 2.6 per ...
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Singapore shares break three-day losing streak; STI up 0.4%

27 Jan 2021 - The Business Times
SINGAPORE shares rose on Wednesday, breaking a three-day losing streak amid mixed trading in the Asia-Pacific region. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.4 per cent or 13.11 points to close at 2,958.63 points on Wednesday. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 282 to 206, with ...
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