STI dividends in 2018 to jump 29 per cent to massive S$20.9b: IHS Markit

IT just keeps getting better and better for Singapore stock investors.

Companies in the FTSE Straits Times Index (STI) are projected to return a massive S$20.9 billion in dividends, a jump of 29 per cent, to shareholders this year, said financial data provider IHS Markit.

Aggregate dividends in Singapore are set to hit multi-year high in 2018, it said in its report on Singapore dividends on Thursday.