Stocks

Total returns of top 50 stocks hit 12% QTD

Seven firms are noted to have higher total returns compared to the best-performing trust.

Straits Times Index drops Golden Agri-Resources

Mapletree Logistics Trust will replace the agribusiness firm.

Ascendas REIT issues 498 million rights units under $1.31b programme

This brings the total number of issued units to 3.61 billion.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.36%

CapitaLand led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 0.3% climb.

Buyback value soars threefold to $52m in November

Keppel REIT led the pack at $28.63m or 51.29 million shares.

Share price of semiconductor stocks surged 50% in November

Emergence of new technologies buoyed demand for advanced chips.

Small-cap stocks to gain ground over privatisation surge

Privatisations rose from 14 in 2018 to 34 in 2019.

SGX RegCo eyes scrapping minimum trading price rule

It will stop adding companies to the MTP watch-list for the meantime.

2 World Bank Philippines Catastrophe Bonds get listed on SGX

The cat bonds will fund $307m of protection against earthquakes in the Philippines.

SGX launches variable rates for securities borrowing and lending programme

Borrowing rates for index stocks, REITs, and business trusts will be changed from 6% to 0.5% per annum.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.28%

CapitaLand led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 0.3% climb.

Keppel Capital to buy 50% interest in Pierfront Capital Fund Management

It will act as the investment manager of their combined funds.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.84%

United Engineers led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 1.89% rise.

Yanlord hikes up cash offer in UE to $2.70 per share

It bought 6.15% in UE, increasing its stake to 41.42%.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.72%

Venture saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 5.84% fall.