SG Morning Call | STI Falls 0.3%; DBS, ST Engineering, OCBC Bank, UOB Down Within 1%; Singapore's Key Exports up 9.3% in January
Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened lower on Monday. STI fell 0.3%; China Aviation, AvePoint, iFast up over 1%; DBS, ST Engineering, OCBC Bank, UOB down within 1%; Stocks in Focus $Thai Beverage(Y92.SI)$: The mainboard-listed company on Friday posted a sales revenue for the first quarter ended Dec 31, 2025 of 86.7 billion baht (S$3.5 billion), down 6 per cent from 92.3 billion baht in the same year-ago period. This was on the back of weaker consumer sentiment, said the group. However, its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation was up 1.8 per cent to 16.7 billion baht, from 16.4 billion baht in the corresponding period a year prior. The counter ended Friday flat at S$0.47, before the update.
SGX Weekly Review | STI Briefly Breaks 5,000 Before Profit-Taking; First Resources, Boustead up over 9%; YZJ Shipbldg, Keppel up over 8%; DBS Drops About 4%
SG Morning Call | Singapore Stocks Open Higher on Friday; PM Wong Crafts Budget for “More Dangerous“ World
Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened lower on Friday. STI fell 0.6%; Singtel and UOB fell 1%; Sembcorp and DBS fell 0.6%; OCBC fell 0.5%; iFast rose 3%. Stocks in Focus $iFast(AIY.SI)$: The digital bank and wealth management platform’s net profit rose 70.4 per cent to S$32.9 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up from S$19.3 million in the year-ago period. Q4 revenue rose 45.7 per cent to S$151.7 million, driven by stronger contributions from the ePension division – the group’s core wealth management platform – and its banking operations, iFast said on Thursday. The counter closed 0.7 per cent or S$0.07 lower at S$9.78 on Thursday, before the news. $BRC Asia(BEC.SI)$: The steel fabri
STI Crosses 5,000 Mark For First Time To Record High
Singapore's FTSE Straits Times index advanced 0.5% to a record 5,011.11, breaching the psychologically important 5,000-point level for the first time, helped by consumer and financial stocks. Eugene Koh, sales trader at CMC Markets Singapore, said the Singapore rally was largely due to the banking sector, with DBS, OCBC, and UOB near record highs. Along with the strong financial sector, structural policy reforms, initiatives to improve market structure, and a strong currency have supported foreign returns and confidence in Singapore as a stable regional banking hub, Koh said.$(STI)$
SG Morning Call | Singapore Stocks Open Higher on Thursday; Premier Wong Preps Budget
Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened higher on Thursday. STI rose 0.2%; OCBC and Sembcorp rose 1%; Capitaland Investment rose 0.7%; Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Keppel rose 0.6%; SGX fell 1%. Stocks in Focus $Singtel(Z74.SI)$: Its third-quarter net profit rose 43.5 per cent to S$1.9 billion from S$1.3 billion in the year-ago period, said the group in a business update on Thursday. Operating revenue rose 0.9 per cent to S$3.7 billion from S$3.6 billion. The counter closed on Wednesday 3.3 per cent or S$0.16 at S$4.98. $StarHub(CC3.SI)$: It posted a net profit of S$38.5 million for its second half ended Dec 31, 2025, a 50.9 per cent decline from S$78.4 million in the year-ago period. This translated
SG Morning Call | Singapore Stocks Open Lower on Wednesday; CapitaLand Investment Sinks 7%
Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened lower on Wednesday. STI fell 0.3%; CapitaLand Investment fell 7%; Keppel and SingPost fell 1%; SIA fell 0.6%; DBS fell 0.4%. Stocks in Focus $CapitaLand Investment(9CI.SI)$ (CLI): The real asset manager sank into the red with a net loss of S$142 million for its second half ended Dec 31, 2025, reversing from net profit of S$148 million in the previous corresponding period. However, its H2 operating profit rose 30 per cent to S$279 million, from S$214 million in the year-ago period, it said on Wednesday. Shares of CLI ended Tuesday 0.3 per cent or S$0.01 higher at S$3.17. $Fraser and Neave(F99.SI)$ (F&N): The beverage maker’s Q1 net profit fell 8.9 per cent ye
SG Morning Call | Singapore Stocks Open Lower on Tuesday; Economy Grows 6.9% Y/Y in Q4 2025
Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened lower on Tuesday. STI fell 0.3%; Seatrium fell 2%; Singtel fell 0.6%; DBS fell 0.5%; OCBC fell 0.3%; UOB fell 0.3%. Stocks in Focus $Singtel(Z74.SI)$: Its Australian subsidiary Optus faced another round of mobile service disruptions on Monday. Around 220,000 customers were affected by the outage. Separately, Nxera, Singtel’s regional data centre arm, opened its largest and multi-tenanted data centre in Tuas. Shares of Singtel ended 1.3 per cent or S$0.06 higher at S$4.78. $CapitaLand Investment(9CI.SI)$: It announced that its wholly owned lodging business unit, Ascott, is on track to exceed its S$500 million fee target amid new signings and as pipeline projects
SG Morning Call | Singapore Stocks Open Higher on Monday; DBS Drops Over 1% After Earnings
Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened higher on Monday. STI rose 0.02%; DBS fell 1.4% after earnings; NIO rose 3%; Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, iFast, and Keppel rose 2%; SIA rose 0.8%; Sembcorp rose 0.7%; UOB rose 0.4%. Stocks in Focus $DBS(D05.SI)$: The bank posted a net profit of S$2.26 billion for its fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, down 10 per cent from S$2.52 billion in the year-ago period. Excluding the S$100 million set aside for corporate social responsibility commitments, net profit would have been S$2.36 billion. The bank said on Monday that stronger fee income and treasury customer sales were more than offset by rate headwinds, higher tax expenses and the absence of non-recurring gains recorded a year ago. Its shares closed 0.6 per
SG Morning Call | STI Falls 0.8%; AvePoint, CDL HTrust Down Around 4%; ST Engineering Down 3%; Keppel DC Reit, iFast Down over 2%
Market Snapshot Singapore stocks opened lower on Friday. STI fell 0.8%; AvePoint, CDL HTrust down around 4%; ST Engineering down 3%; Keppel DC Reit, iFast down over 2%. Stocks in Focus The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Feb 6): $CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust(C38U.SI)$ (CICT): The trust on Friday posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0596 for the second half ended December, up 9.4 per cent year on year from S$0.0545. The growth came despite an enlarged unit base, with distributable income rising. Units of CICT fell 0.4 per cent or S$0.01 to close on Thursday at S$2.38. $Nio(NIO.SI)$: The electric vehicle maker projec