Singapore equities

The STI is up 62.98 points at 5,001.56, while the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index is up 9.13 points at 1,510.73.

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

Eleanor Seet, president and head of Asia ex-Japan at Amova Asset Management, sees both opportunities and challenges for Singapore’s equities markets over the next five to 10 years.

Amova bets on ‘new Singapore sectors’ as MAS expands EQDP

It believes these industries represent the structural future of the country’s economy

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

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

Chee Hong Tat, deputy chairman of MAS, sees private capital markets as valuable complements to traditional bank lending and public markets.

New MAS-MTI Growth Capital Workgroup aims to close gap between private capital and public listings

Led by Chee Hong Tat, the group includes top executives from GIC, Temasek and DBS, along with public and private sector representatives

Budget 2026's top-ups to equity funds are a boon to the public markets ecosystem and promising deep-tech startups, observers say.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Fund top-ups position Singapore as leading centre for equity fundraising

The Equity Development Programme is getting an additional S$1.5 billion