Singapore: Singapore stocks open positive but STI index erases its gains to trade flat.
Singapore stocks opened with gains, the Straits Times Index up 3.98 points in early trade later turn negative with 5 points down at 3222 at 11:35 AM.
Gainers dwarfed failures 108 to 101, after about 294.9 M shares change hands with value of 338.9M.
The most effectively exchanged stock was Rex international, which rose 0.1 pennies to 0.077, QT vascular up 0.002 at 0.009.
Other most traded stocks included Genting Singapore, which up 0.93 per cent, or one cent to $1.09, and Singtel which traded at $3.06, with about 2.1 million shares traded.
Top Gainer Stock
| Gainers | ||
| Stock | Last | Change |
| JMH USD | 67.56 | 0.71 |
| Jardine C&C | 37.2 | 0.21 |
| Delong | 6.08 | 0.09 |
| Keppel Corp | 6.29 | 0.05 |
| Best World | 2.75 | 0.05 |
Top Loser Stock
| Decliners | ||
| Stock | Last | Change |
| Venture | 14.92 | -0.38 |
| DairyFarm USD | 9.42 | -0.33 |
| UOB | 26.44 | -0.14 |
| Creative | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| Shangri-La HKD | 10.08 | -0.1 |
First Reit: Trust’s fourth-quarter distribution per unit (DPU) remains flat at 2.15 cents for the three months ended Dec 31, 2018, unchanged from a year ago which will be payable on Feb 28, 2019.Share of closed at 1.03 yesterday.
ecoWise Holdings: Company said it signed non binding MOU with shin Tai environmental solutions firm, to explore opportunities and expand its respective businesses into food processing and food recycling segments.
Keppel-KBS US Reit: The real estate investment trust said that it has completed the acquisition of Maitland Promenade located in the Maitland sub-Market of Orlando Florida, for US$48.5 million.
Forex Signal: USD/SGD pair trades at 1.3561 against previous close 1.3550 up 0.08%
Daily Range: 1.3542-1.3564
The US indexes ended the day in positive territory but well off their highs of the session. The Dow climbed 141.57 points or 0.6 percent to 24,207.16, the Nasdaq rose 10.86 points or 0.2 percent to 7,034.69 and the S&P 500 edged up 5.80 points or 0.2 percent to 2,616.10.
Wall Street strength continued after upbeat earnings from Bank of America and Goldman. Shares of Bank of America moved sharply higher trading after good results as above estimate.
Major move and sector which performed well was banking sector which lead market.
| Index | Last | Change% |
| Dow 30 | 24207.16 | 0.59 |
| S&P 500 | 2616.1 | 0.22 |
| Nasdaq 100 | 7034.69 | 0.15 |
| FTSE 100 | 6862.68 | -0.47 |
| DAX | 10931.24 | 0 |
Gold Price: Gold trading witnessed in range bound price action with day by day price range narrowed.
Gold Range: $1287-$1295
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