Avarga leads buybacks; director filings decline ahead of earnings

FOR the five local trading sessions that spanned Jan 8 to Jan 14, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 3.2 per cent with the Nikkei 225 Index, Hang Seng Index and S&P/ASX 200 Index averaging 2.7 per cent gains. This has brought the STI's total return for the 2021 year to Jan 14 to 5.5 per cent.

STI stocks that have been recipients of the highest net institutional inflow in the 2020 year to Jan 14 include DBS Group Holdings, OCBC, Singapore Telecommunications, Wilmar International and United Overseas Bank.

Meanwhile, City Developments, Ascendas Reit and Singapore Technologies Engineering have seen the highest net institutional inflows over the nine sessions.