Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.7%

Discover the outperforming stocks.

The Straits Times Index ended +21.69 points higher or +0.68% to 3202.74 yesterday, taking the year-to-date performance to +1.20%.

The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index gained +0.30% while the FTSE ST Small Cap Index gained +0.33%. The top active stocks were DBS (+1.28%), Genting Sing (-0.95%), Keppel Corp (+0.94%), SingTel (+0.27%) and Ascendas Reit (+0.45%).

The outperforming sectors today were represented by the FTSE ST Real Estate Holding and Development Index (+1.06%). The two biggest stocks of the FTSE ST Real Estate Holding and Development Index are Hongkong Land Holdings (+1.04%) and Global Logistic Properties (+1.49%).

The underperforming sector was the FTSE ST Basic Materials Index, which declined -0.85% with Midas Holdings’ share price unchanged and Geo Energy Resources’ share price declining -2.00%. The FTSE ST Consumer Services Index gained+0.41%. The FTSE ST Real Estate Index gained +0.81%. The FTSE ST Utilities Index declined -0.34%.