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Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.51%
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.51%
Singtel saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 1.25% contraction.
Singapore to invest $800m in fight against COVID-19
A bulk of this allocation will go to the country’s health ministry.
Budget deficit hit $1.7b in FY 2019
This translates to 0.3% of the GDP.
Malaysia International Business Awards 2020 calls for nominations
Submission of entries ends on 22 May, Friday.
Standard Chartered opens international banking and priority private centre in Singapore
It caters to clients with a minimum AUM of $1.5m.
Souring Vietnam sentiments on beer may hit ThaiBev
The country’s new anti-drunk driving law took its toll on Sabeco’s beer volumes.
Three proposals submitted for 5G rollout
IMDA expects to award the spectrum by mid-2020.
SIA Group's January load factor up 1.4ppt to 84.5%
The year-end holidays boosted the PLF of all of its airlines.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.22%
ComfortDelGro saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 4.13% contraction.
Chart of the Day: Share of posh shophouses sold declined in 2019
Higher-priced units may not appeal to buyers with shorter investment horizons.
StarHub and M1 submit joint bid for 5G license
This follows an earlier announcement last January 23.
SGX FX futures trading volume hit $175.12b in January
USD/CNH and INR/USD futures both jumped.
Far East H-Trust may reduce rents amidst slowing demand: report
RevPAR is expected to be lowered to -12% over slower occupancies in 1H20.
New home sales surged 41.4% in January: URA
The take-up was led by projects in the RCR.
Fiscal deficit to hit two decade-high in 2020
The economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak demanded a much bigger stimulus.
SIAEC forms line maintenance JV with Air Innovation Korea
The company will have an initial registration capital of $5.53m.
ComfortDelGro profits fell 12.6% to $265.1m in 2019
This was due to reduction from existing businesses and the negative impact of foreign currency.
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