IPOs by S’pore issuers up 78% in first half of 2018

Initial public offering (IPO) activity by Singapore issuers picked up pace in the first half of this year, although there were more cross-border listings. The overall number of IPOs - domestic and cross-border - by Singapore issuers was up in the first six ... ( read original story ...)

Continued Consolidation Called For Singapore Bourse

The Singapore stock market has moved lower in back-to-back trading days, surrendering almost 50 points or 1.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,390-point plateau and it may take further damage again on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Singapore Market Expected To Remain Rangebound

The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last five trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 55 points or 1.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests ... ( read original story ...)

Stock market inches higher ahead of Trump-Kim summit

attended a lunch with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore on Monday. U.S. stock-market indexes were trading tentatively higher in early trade Monday, ahead of a highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean ... ( read original story ...)

StanChart to apply for virtual banking license in Hong Kong

Like peers around the world, banks in Asia, mainly in major hubs including Hong Kong and Singapore, have been boosting investments on internet and mobile banking services in the battle to lure tech-savvy students and young professionals. HSBC will invest $ ... ( read original story ...)

Market may open on a flat note

Trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could fall ... that gripped investors late in the week subsided. Back home,the market ended the volatile session almost flat on Friday, 8 June 2018 as losses in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Postcard: Coconut, chicken and spice on media menu

SINGAPORE (AP) -- The tiny city-state of Singapore is hosting its largest media contingent ever for the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. They will be well fed, if nothing else. A sprawling 2,100 square-meter ... ( read original story ...)