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And Air New Zealand is boosting flight frequency from Singapore in the winter.

Hi-P International recorded a 50.1% YTD return.

Only the apparel & footwear industry was able to post gains after sales rose 3.4%.

The ratio of job vacancies to unemployed persons dipped to 1.08 in March.

The firm will realise gross proceeds of about $67.7m to fund its acquisitions.

Rents in the OCR led the increase at 2.4%.

Nearly 7 in 10 are already covered by the Integrated Shield plan in 2017.

Singtel led the gains at 0.91%.

And a study found that Singaporeans bound for Taiwan are the most vulnerable to scams.

Debt costs could pare its DPU by 7%.

Private players were left to fight over the remaining 22-23% of the market.

CapitaLand led the gains at 3.02%. The Straits Times Index ended 21.47 or 0.67% higher at 3,209.58. The top active stocks are DBS, which grew 0.65%, Singtel and UOB, which both rose 0.61%, Genting Sing, which inched up, 1.71%, and CapitaLand, which rose 3.02%. The FTSE MidCap grew 0.73% whilst the FTSE Small Cap inched up 0.21%.  

And a Jalan Besar property sold $10m below its indicative price of $47.4m.

Rental prices may continue to fall in the coming months as more flats are eligible for lease.

Around 430 million shares will be sold to Zhejiang Energy International and Zheneng Capital Holdings Co.

Total derivatives traded volume however surged 46% YoY to 24.2 million contracts.