Singapore Shares End Week in Red on Mixed US Inflation Report; SATS Shares Jump 4%
Singapore's shares opened higher on Friday but fell into the negative territory at close to end the week in red, in the wake of global market jitters from overnight losses following mixed economic data.US consumer inflation cooled slightly last month, with the annual reading declining to 2.4% year on year and down from 2.5% in August.The Straits Times Index , a key benchmark for the Singapore Exchange, ranged between 3,573.76 and 3,603.50 throughout the day. It ended the session at 3,573.76, down 11.53 points or 0.32% compared to Thursday's close.In company news, shares of Natural Cool Holdings zoomed nearly 11% after the company completed a proposed settlement with liquidators for the creditors' voluntary winding up of its subsidiary, Natural Cool Investments.V2Y was up 5% at the close after its subsidiary, Evertrust F&B, entered into an agreement to acquire Urban Exchange's coffee shop business.Meanwhile, OUE REIT was awarded a four-star rating in a 2024 Global Real Estate Sustain
