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08-Nov-2016 15:12
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US election result: What time will we know who the winner is?.....L i n k |
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08-Nov-2016 14:04
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Bank Stocks Climb on Fed Rate Hopes Rally got impetus from FBI statement Bank shares surged Monday, reflecting expectations that a victory Tuesday by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates. The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index of large U.S. commercial lenders gained 2.8%, outpacing the 2.2% rise in the S& P 500. Morgan Stanley climbed $1.22, or 3.7%, to $34, Citigroup Inc. added $1.65, or 3.4%, to $49.82, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. rose $5.56, or 3.2%, to $181.48. Bank shares surged Monday, reflecting expectations that a victory Tuesday by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates. The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index of large U.S. commercial lenders gained 2.8%, outpacing the 2.2% rise in the S& P 500. Morgan Stanley climbed $1.22, or 3.7%, to $34, Citigroup Inc. added $1.65, or 3.4%, to $49.82, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. rose $5.56, or 3.2%, to $181.48. Read more... |
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08-Nov-2016 09:47
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Stocks To Watch GLP, F& N, SIIC Environment, Yoma, Yeo Hiap Seng |
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08-Nov-2016 08:09
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Edited... 5th para. should read... Gold futures for December delivery also fell, settling $25.10 lower at $1,279.40 per ounce. Meanwhile, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, fell 16.2 percent lower, near 18.87, and snapped a nine-day winning streak.
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08-Nov-2016 06:41
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Dow surges more than 350 points in best day since March as US election looms U.S. equities kicked off the week on a high note, closing sharply higher on Monday after the FBI again cleared Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her use of a private server. " The likelihood of [a split government] is now higher, but you have had the market down for nine days in a row, so you' re also getting a rubber-band effect," said Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab. Financial markets in the US and around the world had been largely pricing in a victory for Clinton over Republican nominee, Donald Trump. Market expectations for Congress, meanwhile, had been for the House to remain under GOP control while the Senate flips in favor of the Democrats. " Assuming the election is as expected, ... I think investors will pivot to the Fed," Sonders said. " That said, if it' s a Trump win, the market will continue to focus on that. Falling in the market, fell 16.2 percent lower, near 18.87, and snapped a nine-year low, at $ 1,279.40 per ounce. Meanwhile, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, Day winning streak. In oil markets, US crude gained 1.86 percent to settle at $ 44.89 per barrel, boosted by a commitment from OPEC to stick to a deal to cut output, but prices remained more than $ 7 below last month' s high due to persistent doubts over the feasibility of the Group' s plan. Read more.... |
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07-Nov-2016 17:47
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Straits Times Index 2,800.95 0.44% +12.15 ▲
Singapore shares finish higher after FBI clears Clinton NEWS that the FBI has cleared US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of criminal wrongdoing over her use of a private email server sent the Dow futures shooting up 200 points and pushed the Straits Times Index up 27 points to an intraday high of 2,815 on Monday. By 5pm though, the index' s gain had settled back to a net 12.15 points at 2,800.95, as traders and investors may decide that a defeat of Republican candidate Donald Trump was still not a foregone conclusion. Turnover amounted to 1.4 billion units worth S $ 1.2 billion and excluding warrants there were 248 rose versus 139 falls in the whole market. |
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07-Nov-2016 16:45
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Oil prices up: German industrial orders fell Brent was trading 1.26 percent higher at $ 46.14 a barrel and WTI was rising 1.45 percent at $ 44.71. |
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07-Nov-2016 15:06
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European markets observed higher after FBI clears Clinton Ryanair releases earnings European bourses are expected to open higher on Monday as confidence of a Hillary Clinton victory in the U.S. presidential election grows. The FTSE 100 is seen opening 41 points higher at 6,736, the German DAX should start 59 points higher at 10,323 and the French CAC is expected to start the day 25 points higher at 4,404. Dow future up 230 points.
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07-Nov-2016 10:59
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Asian Shares Broadly Up Hillary Clinton Not Facing FBI Charges Stock markets were broadly higher in early Asian trade Monday, with the dollar surging after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it saw no reason to change its earlier decision that Hillary Clinton should not face charges related to her use of a private email server. Japan' s Nikkei Stock Average rose 1.4%, while Korea' s Kospi was up 0.8% and Australia' s S & P / ASX 200 gained 1.3%. Hong Kong' s Hang Seng Index gained 0.5%. Asian Indexes
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07-Nov-2016 08:46
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Stocks To Watch SingPost, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Ryobi Kiso, Venture Corp, Best World |
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07-Nov-2016 08:33
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Asian markets to focus on US election, OPEC deal Futures pointed to a mixed open for Asian equities on Monday, ahead of the closely fought U.S. presidential election and after two days of political protest in Asia. With the U.S. at the polls on Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Sunday again cleared Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton of potential criminal charges over her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. " This has made matters a lot easier for Hillary Clinton and it will help her to ease off some of the uncertainty and (is) good news for investors who have an appetite for risk in this environment," Naeem Aslam, chief market analyst at ThinkMarkets , Said in a Monday note. Dow futures jumped 220 points when they opened shortly after the news. In the Asia Pacific on Monday, the Australian benchmark ASX 200 opened up 0.85 percent, buoyed by broad strength seen across all subindexes. Nikkei futures in Chicago and Osaka futures traded unchanged in early Asian hours. The Nikkei 225 finished at 16,905.36 in the previous session. Asian investors will also likely monitor political tension in Hong Kong and South Korea. Also on Monday, the Bank of Japan will release the minutes from its September meeting and China will reveal its foreign currency reserves for October. Oil futures fell for a sixth straight session in the U.S. on Friday, on signs of renewed tensions between Saudi Arabi and Iran, which could scupper an output-cut deal being hammered out by Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members. US crude futures fell 1.3 percent, settling at $ 44.07 a barrel, while Brent shed 1.7 percent to settle at $ 45.58. |
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05-Nov-2016 16:55
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Their NPL comes from O& M sector, DBS has 22b exposure to O& M sector, 50% of it will turn into bad debts if oil stays around $45 for the next few years. Even big players like sembmarine will not survive, they will not get a single rig order with oil prices so low. Tough times are ahead, tighten up that belt.
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05-Nov-2016 06:47
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S & P posts longest losing streak in nearly 36 years as investors gear up for US election U.S. equities closed lower on Friday after the release of key employment data while investors braced themselves for the election next week. The S & P 500 fell nearly 0.2 percent and extended its losing streak to nine sessions, with consumer staples leading decliners. The S & P' s losing streak is the longest in. The Dow Jones industrial average ended about 40 points lower, with Procter & Gamble contributing the most losses. Almost 36 years. During that streak, the index has destroyed nearly 3 percent. The Nasdaq composite fell about a quarter of a percent. The three major indexes all posted weekly losses. " Nobody wants to do anything today. ... Everybody is on hold for Tuesday," said JJ Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade. " I think next week you' ll start seeing Wall Street coronate winners and losers. What I mean is You' re going to start seeing investors switching sectors very quickly. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, rose 3.76 percent to trade near 22.9. The so-called fear gauge is also up more than 40 percent this week. The race between Republican Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart, Hillary Clinton, has become tighter since last week, when the FBI said it was investigating new emails related to Clinton. According to data from RealClearPolitics, the average spread between Clinton and trump is now just 1.7 points in a four-way race, down from about 5 points last week. " The market is pricing in a Hillary Clinton victory, but it' s also also pricing in a split ticket, with Clinton taking the White House and a split in Congress," said Tom Siomades, head of Hartford Funds Investment Consulting Group. " It seems like the market is obsessed with the election," said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors, adding that price movements around an election are " very much a short-term thing." On the data front, jobs in the US by by 161,000 last month, while economists polled by Reuters expected an increase of 175,000. The unemployment rate stood at 4.9 percent -in line with expectations -as investors got to digest the final payrolls report before Tuesday' s Presidential election US crude prices whipsawed, settling 1.32 percent lower at $ 44.07 per barrel, after OPEC' s secretary general denied reports of tensions resurfacing between Saudi Arabia and Iran that could scupper a key output cut deal. WTI had briefly traded positive after the news broke . Gold futures for December delivery rose $ 1.20 to settle at $ 1,304.50 per ounce. Read more ... |
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05-Nov-2016 00:51
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Hw can npL rocket with low growth?
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04-Nov-2016 20:52
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WTI crashing back to low $40s again, NPL for local banks will rocket very soon.
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04-Nov-2016 17:48
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Straits Times Index 2,788.80 -0.47% -13.28 ▼
Singapore shares weaken ahead of US election IT would be all too easy to focus on the fact that if Donald Trump wins the US presidency markets could be thrown into turmoil, and that this worry was the predominant feature of the past week. Granted. It probably makes sense to take appropriate protective steps, such as going short on the US dollar or buying puts on the major indices. But this week was not all about the Trump menace. There were tradeable opportunities involving second and third-liners which presented themselves, and that injected some excitement into the boredom of daily trading, even if such instances were few and far between. Moreover, the Straits Times Index did exhibit reasonable resilience in the face of US election uncertainty, falling each day in response to weakness on Wall Street but managing to recoup most of these losses by the end of trading. On Friday though, it ended 13.28 points weaker at 2,788.80, which brought its loss for the week to 28 points or one per cent. Turnover has been a problem, regularly falling below the S$1 billion mark that the broking industry needs to break even. Thursday' s listing of HC Surgical, privatisation offer for Super Group and takeover speculation surrounding Global Logistic Properties helped lift volume above that level for the first time in two weeks and, on Friday, Genting Singapore' s better-than-expected results helped boost trading in the stock and, with it, total volume to 1.5 billion units worth S$1.1 billion. Genting closed with a S$0.09 jump at S$0.85 with 129 million shares traded. |
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04-Nov-2016 09:01
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Stocks To Watch SIA, Hyflux, Genting, StarHub, Hi-P, Secura |
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04-Nov-2016 06:56
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04-Nov-2016 06:55
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Stocks close lower S & P posts 8-day losing streak amid US election fears U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday, with information technology led decliners, as concerns over the presidential election lingered. Investors " look at Donald Trump as the great unknown," said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Boston Private Wealth. " Hillary Clinton, while not business friendly, is certainly market friendly." " This is all about the election and the breaking of technical support," he said. " People are now thinking the 200-day moving average is in play" on the S & P 500, around 2,082. Investors also digested a slew of economic data on Thursday Initial jobless claims came in at 265,000, above a consensus estimate of 258,000. Also, the preliminary read on third-quarter productivity showed an increase of 3.1 percent, well above the expected rise of 2 percent . Other data released Thursday included the ISM non-manufacturing index for October, which came in below expectations. Factory orders, meanwhile, rose for a third straight month. Investors were also waiting on the October jobs report, scheduled for release Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economist polled by Reuters expect the U.S. economy to have added 175,000 jobs last month. US crude futures for December delivery fell 1.5 percent to settle at $ 44.66 per barrel. Gold futures for December delivery fell $ 4.90 to settle at $ 1,303.30 per ounce. Read more ... |
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03-Nov-2016 17:40
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Straits Times Index 2,802.08 -0.18%-5.06▼
Singapore shares close mixed STI stalls but trades focus on ' situational plays' THE listing of HC Surgical Specialists, the privatization of Super Group and the possible takeover of Global Logistic Properties help boost trading at Singapore Exchange on Thursday, overshadowing worries around the globe that Donald Trump might become the next US president. Those worries first depressed the Straits Times Index (STI) 18 points to an intraday low of 2,789 but by 5pm, the index had rebounded to 2,802.08 for a net loss of just 5.06 points. Traders, however, focused their attention on the three " situational plays" , that is stocks for which there were either concrete announcements or a very playable theme or both. This elevated volume to 1.7 billion units worth S $ 1.04 billion, the first time in two weeks dollar value was more than S $ 1 billion. Gainers outnumbered losers 198 to 188. |
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