UOB Stock Marks New High, Pushes Benchmark Index to Record -- Market Talk

Dow Jones01-23 17:43

0943 GMT - UOB shares rose 5.0% to close at a record S$39.50 Friday, propelling Singapore's benchmark stock index to a new high of 4891.45. Though the Singapore lender had lagged competitors Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. and DBS Group--which are on record-breaking streaks--it now could be on an upward trajectory ahead of the trio's full-year earnings period. Macquarie Capital recently upgraded UOB to outperform from neutral and placed UOB as most preferred among the Singapore banking sector. This may have spurred confidence in the lender and boosted its shares over the last two days, says CGS International analyst Tay Wee Kuang. "The relative underperformance of UOB [could] have led to some investors turning their attention to [UOB] compared to DBS, which has done relatively well," he adds. (megan.cheah@wsj.com)

 

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January 23, 2026 04:43 ET (09:43 GMT)

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