Singapore
SHARE buybacks in the Singapore bourse boomed over the first half of this year as companies dipped into the kitty to shore up their stocks amid an extremely volatile trading environment, fuelled by trade war and geopolitical risks and worries over the quickening pace of rising interest rates in the US.
According to market watchers the uptrend could persist for the rest of the year.
"The factors continue to be in favour of this trend, particularly, with the combination of sustained growth performance...