Capital Markets & Currencies

South-east Asia private equity deal value down 43% in 2025: EY

Deal volume drops 12% year on year, with 59 transactions

Asia is winning favour with investors as the global tech race is shifting from AI pioneers to the enablers of large-scale adoption.

Booming Asian markets widen their lead over US and Europe

An index of the region currencies is up another 0.6% in 2026 after rising more than 3% last year

CapitaLand Investment posts net loss of S$142 million for its second half ended Dec 31, despite a higher H2 operating profit.

Stocks to watch: CapitaLand Investment, F&N, Centurion Accommodation Reit, Wing Tai

[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Feb 11): 

The board has proposed a tax-exempt ordinary dividend of S$0.12 a share for FY2025.

CLI posts S$142 million H2 loss on China revaluation losses, even as operating profit rises 30%

Revaluation loss and impairments exceed S$400 million; the group will speed up action on China assets

The Stoxx 600 index finished 0.07 per cent lower at 620.97 points on Tuesday, just a whisker away from its all-time high.

European shares flat as insurance, energy losses offset luxury gains

EUROPE’S benchmark share index closed flat on Tuesday as investors weighed mixed corporate updates, with BP’s decision to suspend share buybacks offsetting gains in the automobile sector following an ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 43.15 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 50,179.02 on Tuesday.

US stocks: S&P 500, Nasdaq dip with economic data, earnings in focus

THE S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed lower on Tuesday as investors digested disappointing retail sales figures and waited for a key labour market report. The S&P 500 communication services sector was wei...

Appointed as CEO in 2022, Helen Lofthouse will depart at a time when ASX is preparing to deliver the first phase of its long-delayed CHESS project.

Australia’s ASX CEO Helen Lofthouse to step down in May

ASX has faced regulatory scrutiny in recent years following a series of operational issues

The Nikkei 225 Index jumped 2.5 per cent to 57,760.09 by 0120 GMT on Tuesday.

Japan’s Nikkei, Topix hit record highs on earnings, ‘Takaichi trade’ optimism

[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average surged to a record high in early Tuesday trade, following robust quarterly earnings and momentum from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory in Sunday’s...

The Singapore Exchange's securities daily average value climbs 58% on the year to S$1.6 billion.

SGX securities turnover value up 66% at S$34.6 billion in January

The Straits Times Index outperforms most Asean peers with a 5.6% month-on-month gain

ByteDance, the parent company of video sensation TikTok, launched on Feb 7 its newest iteration AI video creation app Seedance 2.0.

ByteDance’s new video model sparks rally in China AI app stocks

Demand for shares of Chinese firms with killer apps has grown in recent months