Spotlight on slew of economic data releases, earnings

AFTER a full week of trading, the Singapore market has a four-day week of trading ahead, thanks to the Labour Day holiday on Wednesday.

Market watchers say that the local and regional markets in Asia will start the week taking cues from last Friday's strong session on Wall Street.

The performance of the New York Stock Exchange's three main indices came on the back of official "advance" estimates of US first-quarter growth at 3.2 per cent, beating street expectations, and better-than-expected corporate earnings by US-listed companies.