NODX a macro tailwind, but can SGX-listed semiconductor stocks deliver?
April data is best read as validation of a structural thesis that Singapore has embedded itself in the AI hardware value chain
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SINGAPORE’S April non-oil domestic exports (NODX) came in at over 24.5 per cent year on year (yoy), nearly two-and-a-half times the Bloomberg consensus of 10.9 per cent and the strongest reading since February 2012.
More importantly, it was the eighth consecutive month of expansion, a run that increasingly looks less like a cyclical bounce and more like a structural re-rating of Singapore’s role in the global AI supply chain.
The question for investors is not whether the data is good, but what this actually implies for semiconductor companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).
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