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S$1.1b Covid-19 support package to aid workers, businesses hit by tighter measures

THE support package will come from reallocations made possible by underutilisation of funds due to Covid-19 as well as fiscal resources set aside earlier in the event of an extension of support measures.

Singapore Q2 private home prices up 0.8%, easing from 3.3% growth in prior quarter

WITH this, overall private home prices have risen by 4.1 per cent in the first half of this year, and could increase by 6 to 7 per cent for 2021 as a whole on the back of sales for new projects launched in the primary market.

URA office rent index for central region up 1.3% q-o-q in Q2; islandwide vacancy rises to 12.6%

ISLANDWIDE, as at the end of Q2 2021, there was a total supply of about 697,000 square metres gross floor area of office space in the pipeline, lower than the 761,000 sq m as at the end of the previous quarter.

Singapore inflation forecast raised to 1-2% as consumer prices climb again in June

SINGAPORE consumer prices rose for the sixth straight month in June, as higher transport and housing costs offset the steeper fall in the cost of retail and other goods.

Three charged with false trading of former mainboard-listed Raffles United

THE three individuals had conducted trades between December 2016 and March 2018 to "push up the price of Raffles United shares".

SGX to leverage tech, synergies across FX portfolios with acquisition of MaxxTrader

THE latest acquisition will broaden SGX's customer base for both the buy-side and sell-side to over 200 institutional clients, including banks, hedge funds and broker-dealers.

The STI today

Singapore shares end week mostly unchanged amid virus jitters

THE benchmark Straits Times Index eased by a marginal 0.07 per cent or 2.21 points to close on Friday at 3,157.05.