Real Estate
STI falls despite Asia gains and RHB upgrading Singapore banking stocks
SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Monday (Nov 25), even as most regional markets closed in positive territory.The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) shed some earlier gains, slipping 0.4 per...
Returning capital is often not the only reason companies buy back their shares in the market
Some firms conduct share buybacks purely to support the vesting of awards under their share-based remuneration schemesThis column received some negative feedback last week, following its take on DBS...
Used cooking oil the new black gold as it rides biofuel demand, limited supply
Europe is the largest consumer of the feedstock globally, but regulatory uncertainty in US, Europe still a hurdleGLOBAL demand for used cooking oil (UCO), a feedstock for biofuels such...
Fed survey finds inflation fading as a risk next to debt, trade wars
PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump may have campaigned hard against high inflation, but by the time of his Nov 5 election victory financial professionals had moved on from rising prices and...
Dollar climbs, euro weakens to two-year low after PMI data
THE euro slumped to a two-year low while the dollar gained on Friday (Nov 22) after gauges of business activity were released in each region, while bitcoin again hit...
US: Wall Street closes higher after business activity data
WALL Street closed higher on Friday (Nov 22), with all three major indexes posting weekly gains, as investors took comfort from data pointing to robust economic activity in the...
CDL and joint ventures post S$611.1 million in Q3 sales, driven by Kassia launch
CITY Developments Limited (CDL) and its joint venture associates recorded S$611.1 million in sales for the third quarter ended Sep 30, 2024, from 321 units sold, up from S$325...
Near-term volatility drives SGX to 17-year peak on higher turnover
SGX is benefiting from the 15.7% advance in the Singapore stock market so far this yearSHARES of Singapore Exchange (SGX) charged to their highest since December 2007, driven by...
