Posts by Yurie Miyazawa
Singapore stocks track overnight Wall Street gains on Friday; STI up 0.7%
[SINGAPORE] Local stocks tracked overnight Wall Street gains to end higher on Friday (Jun 27). The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.7 per cent or 27.74 points to 3,966.2. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 309 to 202, after 1.8 billion securities worth S$1.4 billion changed hands. Regional markets were mixed. The Nikkei…
Read MoreJapan’s NTT files billion-dollar Reit listing with MAS; IPO set to be SGX’s biggest in four years
[SINGAPORE] Japanese telco Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is spinning off some of its data centres into a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust, or S-Reit, marking what is likely to be the largest Singapore listing in four years. The last company to list at this size was the US$977 million initial public offering (IPO) of…
Read MoreJapan’s NTT files billion-dollar Reit listing with MAS; IPO set to be SGX’s biggest in four years
[SINGAPORE] Japanese telco Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is spinning off some of its data centres into a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust, or S-Reit, marking what is likely to be the largest S-Reit listing in a decade. The last S-Reit to list at this size was Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust, in 2013. Its…
Read MoreAsia: Stocks climb, dollar holds on trade hopes and rate bets
[HONG KONG] Asian markets rose on Friday on fresh trade hopes and the dollar held around three-year lows amid bets of cuts to US interest rate cuts. Easing concerns about Middle East tensions also added to the upbeat mood. With the Israel-Iran ceasefire holding for now, investors were able to turn their attention back to…
Read MoreGold heads for second weekly loss, investors eye US inflation data
Published Fri, Jun 27, 2025 · 10:57 AM GOLD prices fell on Friday, poised for a second consecutive weekly loss as a slight uptick in the dollar pressured bullion while markets awaited US inflation data for signals on Federal Reserve rate policy. Spot gold was down 0.4 per cent at US$3,314.27 per ounce, as of 0051 GMT. Bullion…
Read More‘Long overdue’: Experts welcome advisory against private-sector use of NRIC numbers for authentication
[SINGAPORE] Urging the private sector to stop using NRIC numbers for authentication is a timely and pragmatic move to strengthen data security, industry players told The Business Times. On Thursday (Jun 26), the government released an advisory telling private-sector organisations to move away from using full or partial National Registration Identity Card numbers to authenticate…
Read MoreUS: Stocks rise, S&P 500 ends just shy of record
Published Fri, Jun 27, 2025 · 06:12 AM [NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday with tech equities leading, after the White House signalled President Donald Trump could extend a July tariff deadline. The shift shows “unexpected flexibility from the US president,” said FHN Financial’s Chris Low, who also attributed some of the market’s strength to…
Read MoreAvoiding Stupid People and Becoming a Finisher
We all have the power to make choices in life. We can choose to be stupid or we can choose to be smart. But one piece of advice I’ve found invaluable throughout my entrepreneurial journey is simple: avoid stupid people. This might sound harsh, but the reality is that the people we surround ourselves…
Read MoreSingapore stocks rise on Thursday amid mixed regional trading, STI up 0.3%
[SINGAPORE] Local stocks ended higher on Thursday (Jun 26), amid mixed trading in the region. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.3 per cent or 12.48 points to 3,938.46. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 294 to 185, after 1.2 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion changed hands. Key indices in the region ended…
Read MoreSingapore Savings Bonds fully allocated; 10-year average return drops to 2.49%
In comparison, the previous issuance for June saw a total of S$302.9 million in applications, versus S$500 million on offer [SINGAPORE] The latest Singapore Savings Bonds (SSBs) allotted on Thursday (Jun 26) saw applications fall short of the S$400 million offered, with the 10-year average return dropping from the previous tranche. The July tranche of…
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