Hong Leong Asia chairman ups stake

FOR the five local trading sessions that spanned Nov 20 to 26, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 2.9 per cent, with the Nikkei 225 Index, Hang Seng Index and S&P/ASX 200 Index averaging a 2.0 per cent gain.

This has brought the STI's decline in total return for the 2020 year to Nov 26 to 7.6 per cent.

Over the five sessions, the iEdge S-Reit Leaders Index gained 1.5 per cent, bringing its decline in total return for the 2020 year to Nov 26 to 3.3 per cent.

Share buybacks

There were 16 primary-listed stocks conducting share buybacks over the five sessions with a total consideration of SS$18.8 million, close to the preceding week's S$16.8 million.

Wilmar International again led the consideration tally, buying back 2.25 million shares…