Stock market drops, ignores Asia

The stock market slipped Monday on concerns about rising inflation ... But Tokyo ended marginally lower as traders returned following an extended holiday weekend, while Singapore was 0.2 percent off. Seoul was closed for a public holiday. ( read original story ...)

EURO / SINGAPORE-DOLLAR (EUR/SGD)

04/24 BOND REPORT: U.S. 10-year Government Bond Yield Comes Off 3% Level, But Triggers Stock Market Tremors 07:58a EUR/SGD touched a new figure level at 1.62 [05:58 GMT] #forex #fx #finance #E.. 06:52a EUR/SGD touched a yesterday high at 1.61913 [04:52 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Has Just Become Asia’s Best-Performing Stock Market

There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Today, Singapore’s Straits Times Index nudged ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Just Edged Out Vietnam as Asia’s Top Stock Market

(Bloomberg) -- There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Load Error Today, Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Bank Lending Up 5.3%

Singapore’s total loans and advances including bills financing of Domestic Banking Units grew 5.36% year-on-year to a predicted 661.6 billion Singapore dollars (about US$500 billion) in March, according to data released by the Monetary Authority of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore bank lending up 5.4% in March

Thanks to sustained demand for home and corporate loans. Bank lending in Singapore rose 5.4% YoY in March as sustained demand for home and corporate loans kept credit levels stable, according to data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Loans ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s bank lending rises 1.6 pct on-month in March

SINGAPORE, April 30 (Reuters) - Singapore’s total bank lending rose 1.6 percent in March from a month earlier as lending to financial institutions increased, central bank data showed on Monday. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in the city ... ( read original story ...)

Additional Support Expected For Singapore Stock Market

Ahead of Tuesday's Labor Day holiday, the Singapore stock market had bounced higher in consecutive trading days, collecting almost 45 points or 1.3 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just shy of the 3,610-point plateau, and it may ... ( read original story ...)