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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

Total news: 291
Last news: January 5, 2009 22:00:00

STOCKS here ended slightly higher yesterday, reversing its losses on Tuesday, but with no clear indication of where the market is headed for the rest of the week. - [Read more]

STOCKS here ended lower yesterday, after a rally led by blue chips on Monday quickly lost steam. The Straits Times Index ended 8.68 points or 0.3 per cent lower at 3,028.24, after falling as much as one per cent earlier in the day. - [Read more]

STOCKS here started the week yesterday with a rally centred mostly on blue chips, after gains in US equities on Friday cheered most Asian markets. A dip in oil prices on Friday also gave some relief to investors who fear surging energy costs will eat heavily into corporate profits and feed general price inflation, forcing central banks in the region to raise borrowing costs. - [Read more]

INFLATION worries will continue to weigh heavily on stocks this week, with news on possible monetary tightening measures by central banks likely to add volatility to an already-vulnerable and thinly traded market. - [Read more]

STOCKS here fell yesterday for the fourth time this week, as worries over inflation continued unabated amid stubbornly high oil prices and fears that central banks in Asia may be acting too slowly to prevent an inflationary wage-price spiral that threatens the outlook for corporate earnings growth and broader economic growth. - [Read more]

STOCKS here fell again yesterday amid broader declines around Asia as high oil prices and broader inflation fears continued to spook investors. - [Read more]

SHARES here extended their losses into a second day yesterday, amid a broader sell-off in Asian equities sparked by renewed inflation fears and concern over the financial sector. - [Read more]

AS expected, Wall Streets Friday plunge brought the sellers out in force yesterday, sending the Straits Times Index down 62.71 points or 2 per cent to 3,084.02. Volume, however, was relatively low, though this was probably because of Hong Kongs closure for a public holiday. - [Read more]

Singapore shares fell sharply across the board on Monday when the market opened. - [Read more]

THE thing about bear rallies (or bear traps if you prefer) is that it conditions traders into believing that there is still money to be made if they can get the timing right. - [Read more]

LAST weeks column suggested the strong likelihood that the Straits Times Index - together with most other market indices - had been window-dressed ahead of the end of the month. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE - Shares on the Singapore Exchange finished firm on Friday morning on optimism over the US economy after surprisingly strong figures on jobs and retail sales. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE - Singapore stocks opened higher on Friday morning following Wall Streets gains overnight on new hope for the US economy after surprisingly strong job market data and retail sales. - [Read more]

THERE really wasnt that much to distinguish yesterdays session from the dozen or so that preceded it - prices drifted within a narrow band, the Straits Times Index (STI) spent the day shadowing the Hang Seng Index, the main plays were structured warrants on the indices and commodity stocks like Olam, Golden Agri and Noble, and dealers spent much of the time struggling to stay awake. - [Read more]

STOCKS picked up where they left off on Monday, with the Straits Times Index (STI) dropping 34.11 points to 3,153.94 yesterday in response to Wall Streets overnight plunge. - [Read more]

A SHARP rise in Hong Kongs Hang Seng Index yesterday helped push the Straits Times Index (STI) up 22 points to 3,214 in the afternoon, but a sudden selldown in the US futures market and Europe-wide weakness brought severe pressure to bear. By 5pm, all of the STIs lead had been whittled away and it finished with a net loss of 4.57 points at 3,188.05. - [Read more]

TODAY, the US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) releases its May report, which will give an indication of the state of US manufacturing. - [Read more]

MONTH-ENDING window-dressing was a distinct possibility, given the late push on the Straits Times Index (STI) and the divergent performance of the index versus the broad market. - [Read more]

INSTEAD of sell in May and go away, it looks very much like buy in the morning, sell in the afternoon is the preferred trading approach, at least insofar as the broad market is concerned. - [Read more]

IF you believe that trading in this part of the world is a precursor to how Wall Street might perform later in the day, then yesterdays movements suggest the US market might rise on Wednesday - the Straits Times Index (STI) first rose 20 points, lost almost all of this once Hong Kong closed weaker, but eventually bounced up to a nett gain of 17.43 points at 3,132.78 when Europe opened firmer. - [Read more]