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Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.8%

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.8%

DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 1.2% climb.

Chart of the Day: Business parks' vacancy rate eases to 14% in Q2

This was due to stable demand and lack of new supply.

Sun Venture secures $455m loan to buy 71 Robinson Road

It will also be used for investments to improve its environmental footprint.

Choa Chu Kang Waterworks equips world's largest ceramic membrane

The membrane can treat up to 40 million gallons of raw water per day.

62% of customer experience interactions failed to be productive: report

A “wow” remains elusive from hard-to-please Singaporeans.

Five highest-yielding stocks hit average dividend yield of 7.1%

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has the highest dividend yield at 9.6%.

UOB to issue 1.625% covered bonds for $694.76m

The covered bonds will be issued as the seventh series of the US$8b Global Covered Bond Programme.

Singapore's Asian outbound capital fell 37% to $7.92b in H1

The decline could be seasonal as investors are typically more active in H2.

Hong Kong's property investment in Singapore hits $1.9b in H1

Key transactions include Gaw Capital’s purchase of Robinson 77 for $710m.

Childhood vaccination to be subsidised in CHAS general practitioner clinics

Subsidies will be available in both polyclinics and CHAS clinics by end-2020.

Chinese mogul Zhang Yong displaces Ng brothers as Singapore's richest

The Haidilao International founder debuted in the list with a net worth of US$13.8b.

Singapore medical device output grew 4.2% in June

The industry outperformed the output of the manufacturing sector, which fell 6.9%.

Half of SMBs and enterprises use near end-of-life OS

Just as many SMBs and enterprise workstations use Windows 7 as those that use Windows 10.

Daily Briefing: Crypto firm Sygnum eyes banking license; Chinese firm to buy AVIC Maritime for $31.58m

And cross-border payments platform TranSwap has obtained a license from Bank of Indonesia.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.83%

CapitaLand led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 2.07% climb.