The fourth round of talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations held this week without announcing any progress and the intensifying fighting kept investors cautious. Tech and large growth stocks also sold off ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement of a rate hike, sending the Nasdaq lower.

U.S. stocks were affected by the fighting in Russia and Ukraine overnight, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500$S&P 500(.SPX)$ ending lower. The Dow Jones$DJIA(.DJI)$ Industrial Average edged up 1.05 points to 32,945.24; the S&P 500 fell 0.74% to 4,173.11; the Nasdaq$NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ fell 2.04% to 12,581.22.

Singapore's Straits Times Index fell 17.63 points, or 0.54%, to 3,232.03 on Monday. Stocks to watch today (March 15):

1. SIA Cargo announced its business report for the third quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year before the market opened. The revenue of cargo and mail increased by 81.5% year-on-year to 1.351 billion yuan.

2. The currently suspended non-signboard seafood (No Signboard) indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Danish Breweries will undergo creditors' voluntary liquidation (creditors' voluntary liquidation). The group said that the debt problem has prevented Danish Breweries from continuing to operate.

3. Sarine Technologies$SARINE TECHNOLOGIES LTD(U77.SI)$ has launched rough diamond identification and valuation services, which can be used for transactions, loans or insurance purchases.

4. Holders of Keppel REIT's$KEPPEL REIT(K71U.SI)$ convertible bonds in the principal amount of $146.5 million have exercised irrevocable put options to redeem the bonds. The Keppel REIT manager said in a statement yesterday that the bonds, due in 2024, are part of a plan to issue a $200 million convertible bond with an annual coupon of 1.9%. Under the terms of the put option, holders of the convertible bonds will get their principal back on April 10, along with accrued interest on the redemption date, before being written off. The trust manager noted that the trust will be redeemed through existing loans and is not expected to have any significant impact on the trust's cash flow and overall leverage. Upon completion of the redemption, the total principal of the outstanding convertible bonds due in 2024 will be RMB 53.5 million.

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