Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: Singapore’s Growth Upgrade, Digital Core REIT and CapitaLand Investment

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Welcome to this week’s edition of top stock market highlights. This week brought a striking vote of confidence in Singapore’s economy, with the government lifting its full-year growth forecast on the...

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