Singapore Wrap Tuesday
Today's notable stories
Prices of completed apartments, condos fall 0.3% in June: NUS index
Prices of completed non-landed private homes in Singapore dipped 0.3 per cent in June 2015 over May, according to the National University of Singapore (NUS) flash estimate for its Overall Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) released on Tuesday. This follows a month-on-month fall of 0.6 per cent for May, based on the revised index value for that month.
Real estate sentiment improves marginally in Q2: survey
There is a marginal improvement in the market sentiment for real estate in the second quarter of this year, although sentiment remains weak, according to the latest NUS-Redas Real Estate Sentiment Index survey.
PM Lee, President Widodo reaffirm close Singapore-Indonesia ties
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo reaffirmed the two countries' close ties at a meeting in Singapore and pledged to continue to work together in the areas of economy, defence and "people-to-people ties".
51-year-old Singaporean placed under detention order
A self-radicalised Singaporean man has been arrested under the Internal Security Act and issued a two-year order of detention, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Tuesday.
Corporate Earnings
The STI Today
Singapore shares close 1% down on Tuesday
The local market finished 0.98 per cent lower on Tuesday with the Straits Times Index retreating 32.33 points to 3,281.09 as China stocks continued to trade lower.
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