SGX

Singapore stocks rise, tracking regional gains; STI up 1.3%

Across the broader market, gainers outnumber decliners 316 to 142, after 1.4 billion securities worth S$2.1 billion change hands

Among STI constituents, Jardine Matheson Holdings led the gainers, rising 2.5%, or US$1.94, to US$78.14.

Singapore stocks end almost flat before Chinese New Year; STI inches up 0.02%

Across the broader market, gainers outnumber decliners 294 to 197, with 765.9 million securities worth S$954.9 million traded

With cynics and naysayers still nursing foreign portfolios and perma bears on the Singapore stock markets still hibernating, the market has proven them wrong.
THE SHARPE EDGE

A lot of bull: As STI breaches 5,000, what more can we call for?

We should shift the whole market to unit shares, and get rid of the inefficient odd lot market that investors are sometimes forced into

As the Straits Times Index breached the 5,000 mark last week, MAS said the EQDP would be expanded from S$5 billion to S$6.5 billion.
MARK TO MARKET

Positive reaction to market reforms opens door to broader enhancement of growth capital sector

The result could be a bigger pipeline of new listings, and some struggling listed companies going private

On Thursday, the Straits Times Index crossed the 5,000-point barrier before the Budget 2026 statement was delivered.
HOT STOCK

Banks drag STI below 5,000 post-Budget, but analysts see ample ‘fiscal dry powder’

The scaled-back handouts leave room for future support; the new measures could enable the continued recovery of the capital market

Lim Chung Chun, chairman and CEO of iFast, says the rebranding of FSMOne is to signal its intent to focus more on global customers.

iFast unveils ‘Truly Global Business Model’, rebrands FSMOne to FSM Global

The group is repositioning itself to view its customers as international – not just from the markets in which it operates

iFast’s board proposes a final dividend of S$0.025 per share, up 56.3 per cent from S$0.016 a year earlier.

iFast Q4 net profit rises more than 70% to S$32.9 million as banking operations turn profitable

Revenue for the quarter up 45.7% at S$151.7 million, driven by stronger contributions from ePension division

The Singapore Exchange's securities daily average value climbs 58% on the year to S$1.6 billion.

SGX securities turnover value up 66% at S$34.6 billion in January

The Straits Times Index outperforms most Asean peers with a 5.6% month-on-month gain