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Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 2.62%

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 2.62%

DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 3.01% expansion.

Chart of the Day: Residential deals dominated public land sales in Q1

This led to overall residential transactions surging twofold.

OCBC activates Google Pay P2P funds transfer service

The app uses PayNow to make real-time transactions.

OCBC CEO's total pay rose to $11.1m

Tsien donated $650,600 to #OCBCCares programme.

SIA updates policy on COVID-hit flights

Customers can use travel credits to book new flights until 30 June.

Regulators issue extra guidelines on general meetings

It is an addition to Part 4 of the COVID-19 Act 2020.

31 foreign workers move to floating accommodation

About 1,300 workers will be relocated over the next few weeks. The first batch of 31 healthy foreign workers has moved into one of the three floating accommodations berthed at Tanjong Pagar Terminal, according to an announcement. Also read: MPA, private firms provide floating accommodation for foreign workers

Condo resale prices up 0.4% in March

This was driven by deals that were finalised before the pandemic.

Keppel Corp prices $250m notes at 2.25%

Proceeds will be used for general corporate or working capital purposes.

Sembcorp rolls out renewable energy certificate platform

It aims to woo companies into purchasing volumes of RECs to offset their carbon footprint.

CDL eyes setting up more EV charging points

It currently has installed chargers at its newer commercial properties.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.16%

SGX led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 1.44% expansion.

Chart of the Day: Grade A CBD office vacancy hits 2% in Q1

Orchard Road saw the biggest vacancy rate in the CBD at 3.1%.

March SDAV up 114% to $2.2b

Total securities market turnover value skyrocketed 124% YoY to $48.2b. SGX’s securities daily average value (SDAV) surged 114% YoY to $2.2b as returns in the Straits Times Index (STI) crashed 17.6%, according to an SGX report.

Working from home negatively impacts most Singaporeans' productivity

Research reveals the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on employees.

Maybank Singapore, Liquid Group float QR payment platform for merchants

ABS will grant $25 in cash to the first 20,000 new PayNow sign-ups until 31 July.