Singapore
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 2.62%
DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 3.01% expansion.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 2.62%
DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 3.01% expansion.
Chart of the Day: Residential deals dominated public land sales in Q1
This led to overall residential transactions surging twofold.
OCBC activates Google Pay P2P funds transfer service
The app uses PayNow to make real-time transactions.
OCBC CEO's total pay rose to $11.1m
Tsien donated $650,600 to #OCBCCares programme.
SIA updates policy on COVID-hit flights
Customers can use travel credits to book new flights until 30 June.
Regulators issue extra guidelines on general meetings
It is an addition to Part 4 of the COVID-19 Act 2020.
31 foreign workers move to floating accommodation
About 1,300 workers will be relocated over the next few weeks. The first batch of 31 healthy foreign workers has moved into one of the three floating accommodations berthed at Tanjong Pagar Terminal, according to an announcement. Also read: MPA, private firms provide floating accommodation for foreign workers
Condo resale prices up 0.4% in March
This was driven by deals that were finalised before the pandemic.
Keppel Corp prices $250m notes at 2.25%
Proceeds will be used for general corporate or working capital purposes.
Sembcorp rolls out renewable energy certificate platform
It aims to woo companies into purchasing volumes of RECs to offset their carbon footprint.
CDL eyes setting up more EV charging points
It currently has installed chargers at its newer commercial properties.
Daily Briefing: FairPrice allows discounts to PG members' relatives; BTO flat construction to speed up after circuit breaker period
And Mighty Jaxx bags $3m funding.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.16%
SGX led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 1.44% expansion.
Property investments fell 37% to $3.02b in Q1
Big-ticket commercial deals were absent due to weaker market sentiment.
Chart of the Day: Grade A CBD office vacancy hits 2% in Q1
Orchard Road saw the biggest vacancy rate in the CBD at 3.1%.
March SDAV up 114% to $2.2b
Total securities market turnover value skyrocketed 124% YoY to $48.2b. SGX’s securities daily average value (SDAV) surged 114% YoY to $2.2b as returns in the Straits Times Index (STI) crashed 17.6%, according to an SGX report.
Working from home negatively impacts most Singaporeans' productivity
Research reveals the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on employees.