30 director acquisitions filed with S$8 million in buybacks
FOR the five trading sessions spanning Sept 27 to Oct 3, the Straits Times Index (STI) declined 1.2 per cent with the Nikkei 225 Index, Hang Seng Index and S&P/ASX 200 Index averaging a 1.8 per cent decline. This has brought the STI's 2019 total return through to Oct 3, to 4.2 per cent.
Share buybacks
There were 10 primary-listed stocks conducting share buybacks over the five sessions ending Oct 3, with a total consideration of S$8.0 million, up from S$2.4 million for the preceding five sessions. Keppel REIT, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) and Singapore Shipping Corporation led the buyback consideration tally.
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