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erhaier Senior	15-Jan-2016 10:42        erhaier About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	paiseh...not A31... should be STI = A30. erhaier      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 10:40) Posted: chinese mkt plunging... STI should be rename to A31.
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erhaier Senior	15-Jan-2016 10:40        erhaier About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	chinese mkt plunging... STI should be rename to A31.
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Isolator Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:55        Isolator About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Oil and related will continue to rally.. Enjoy...
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WanSiTong Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:53        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	it could be the other way around....Accumulation Phase (基 金 建 倉 ) especially the Singapore market have plunged over the last 1.5 weeks....     student      ( Date: 14-Jan-2016 21:25) Posted: Huge volumes on plunging days can mean the smart money is leaving the market in droves. Qanghoo      ( Date: 14-Jan-2016 21:10) Posted: Made an observation.  When situation is volatile n sti is making substantial retreat, total value of shares traded balloons.  On normal days, value usually < 1 bil n seems to be shrinking by the day.  Now, de we know why they seem to be OK with the state of the equity mkt here?
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WanSiTong Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:42        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Asian Shares Rally in Early Trading 15 January 2016 9:32 Asian markets rallied in early trading Friday, as rising oil prices lifted energy stocks, giving investors some reprieve from early-year selling. The energy sector was up 1.3% in Australia, where the S & P / ASX 200 gained 0.6%. Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. was up 7.2% and Woodside Petroleum Ltd. gained 1.3%. Japan' s Nikkei Stock Average bounced from a near three-and-a-half month low, up 1%. South Korea' s Kospi was up 0.5%. Energy shares have taken a drubbing, rattled by losses in the oil market amid jitters about slowing global growth, with China at the center of those concerns. The energy sector has lost 8.3% and 4.2% in Australia and Hong Kong respectively year-to- date. But gaining oil prices overnight appeared to have encouraged buying. Still, " we have not necessarily hit the bottom," said Mohit Bajaj, managing director at brokerage WallachBeth Capital LLC. Overnight, oil producers to miners and biotechnology stocks, some of the most beaten-down corners of the market, carved out sharp gains in the US The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4% and the S & P 500 rose 1.7%. US-traded oil futures gained 2.4% to $ 31.20 a barrel. In Asia on Thursday, Brent crude oil was up 0.7% at $ 31.10 a barrel. On Thursday shares in China breached their lowest levels since the summer crash in a volatile trading session, although they recovered by the close with the help of surging small cap stocks. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 2% to 3007.65, after dipping briefly intraday into bear market territory, defined as a fall of 20% or more from a recent high. The Shanghai benchmark was down 15% year-to-date and off 42% from its June peak. Before China' s stock market opened Friday, the yuan traded at 6.5984 to one US dollar, roughly unchanged from the previous day, when it weakened by as much as 0.7%. The gap between the values ​ ​ of the currency on two sides of the border had widened slightly Thursday, causing jitters about how China' s central bank would direct the market going forward. A record gap last week as bets by traders pushed the offshore yuan lower had threatened Beijing' s campaign to pitch the yuan as a stable currency with international stature, triggering turmoil across the globe. China' s central bank forced the gap to close earlier this week by buying the freely traded yuan offshore through state-owned banks, according to traders. It guided the onshore currency slightly stronger early Thursday at 6.5616 to one US dollar. The Japanese yen slipped 0.1% to Yen118.18. The local currency has gained 2% year-to-date, as turmoil in Chinese and global markets send investors in a rush for safety. The Indonesian rupiah strengthened 0.7% to 13,810 to one US dollar. The currency had fallen as much as 1% on Thursday after news of explosions in the Southeast Asian country' s capital city of Jakarta, although it recovered slightly after suspected government intervention following a rate cut by the central bank. The Hong Kong dollar, which is pegged to the US dollar, traded at 7.7793 to one US dollar, after recording its sharpest drop in more than a dozen years overnight to as weak as 7.7894. Gold prices were up 0.4% to $ 1077.50 a troy ounce.
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erhaier Senior	15-Jan-2016 09:40        erhaier About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	sti, where is your backbone... ?
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bishan22 Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:36        bishan22 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	STI cannot stand up............ maybe Friday..... Qanghoo      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 07:40) Posted: Brother, got guts hoot big.  Neutral, jeep a bit.  No guts sell into strength.    Haha - just a bit of lighter moment to brighten our mood in this dark abyss, no offence meant.  Cheers.  bishan22      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 07:34) Posted: Technical rebound...... got guts just hoot small small...... Good luck all....
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Qanghoo Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:35        Qanghoo About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	SGX as usual, see so many counters falling back to old ' normal' position liao.  Give up is best. hlfoo2010      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 09:32) Posted: 9.3opm , no king of cat what a pity, bought 2sbox   king of king +  1 Sutan ,total $20. how come short of king of cat ????  Siwomp      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 09:21) Posted: Picked some speculative durian today...... Huat Ah!
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hlfoo2010 Master	15-Jan-2016 09:32        hlfoo2010 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	9.3opm , no king of cat what a pity, bought 2sbox   king of king +  1 Sutan ,total $20. how come short of king of cat ????  Siwomp      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 09:21) Posted: Picked some speculative durian today...... Huat Ah!
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WanSiTong Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:23        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	China Focus The simple truth about China' s market January 15, 2016: 7:34 AM " This is insane," said Chen Gang, chief investment officer for Shanghai Heqi Tongyi Asset Management, on Jan. 7, the day stock trading in China lasted only 29 wild minutes before market circuit breakers shut it down. Unlike some would-be sellers that day, he says he unloaded all his firm' s equity holdings by the time the exit door closed. The circuit breakers, put in place just a few days before, called for an all-day trading halt if shares dropped 7%. Those rules have taken much of the blame for China' s latest market chaos. The China Securities Regulatory Commission said they had a " magnet effect" -as shares fell, people may have rushed to get sell orders in while they still could, pulling prices down to the trigger point even faster (Announcing last call to a bar full of drinkers tends not to encourage moderation, either.) The focus on poorly designed trading curbs may, however, distract from a less exotic source of risk:. speculation. The median stock on mainland exchanges still trades at about 57 times earnings-at least twice as expensive as any other major market. (Leading China stock indexes do not look nearly so pricey but are weighted to financial companies, which tend to carry lower valuations .) In spite of currency instability and concerns about slowing economic growth, investors are treating the typical Chinese company as if its potential is somewhere between that of Google and Facebook. A boom in initial public offerings made parts of the stock market look more like a lottery. Shares of Beijing Baofeng Technology, a developer of online video players, soared 4,200% in 55 trading days after going public on the Shenzhen stock exchange in March. ( The stock then dropped 31% before suspending trading in October.) With the market crowded with novice retail investors, other companies simply renamed themselves to look like tech stocks, recalling the 1960s " tronics" and 1990s dot-com booms in the US. " There are stocks that are basically junk, but they' re trading at outrageous valuations because there' s a lot of market manipulation, " says Jian Shi Cortesi, a money manager at GAM Investment Management in Zurich." The way down is always very volatile. " China' s stock market did not used to be so exciting. Under President Xi Jinping' s administration, articles in state-run media encouraged people to invest, fostering a belief that the government would make sure everyone profited. The benchmark CSI 300 index climbed 150% in the 12 months before the market slide that began in June, and it' s still up 53% from the start of that run. The nation has more than 90 million individual investors, compared with 87.8 million members of the Communist Party. Now retail investors are having doubts. Hua Jie, a 56-year-old retiree in Sichuan province, says she has not been this downbeat on the nation' s stock market since she began investing more than a decade ago. " I no longer want to play this game, " says Hua, a former saleswoman at a consumer electronics store in Chengdu." I' ve lost faith in the regulators. " Many institutional investors, too, have been quick to bail as markets turn south. Hedge funds often have agreements with investors requiring liquidation if their holdings drop below a certain value. That may have helped accelerate the early January rout. China' s securities commission suspended the circuit breakers after the Jan 7 shutdown. Policymakers need to " gradually explore, gain experience, and make adjustment" to the system, commission spokesman Deng Ge said in a statement. Former US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, who' s credited with implementing circuit breakers in the US, says the problem is that China did not allow stocks to fall enough. In the US, trading is halted temporarily after declines in the Standard & Poor' s 500-stock index of 7% and then again at 13% . trading is suspended for the day only if losses reach 20% " The right thing to do is widen their band," says Brady. So the circuit breaker part of the problem seems reassuringly fixable. Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, called the turmoil in China' s markets " self-inflicted wounds," arguing in a Bloomberg View editorial that " there are steps the Chinese government can take to ensure that the pain is temporary. " Eugene Fama, the Nobel prize-winning economist at the University of Chicago, says there' s little evidence that rules like circuit breakers either prevent or cause volatility. " In panic selling, prices go down, and they bounce back up. I do not even know that you would want to get around that, " he says. Xi' s administration is likely to keep trying. The state-controlled investment funds that the government directed to buy shares last summer-nicknamed the National Team-probably spent more than US $ 200 billion ($ 287 billion) on equities in three months, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. Officials even bought stocks to project stability in the days before a planned 12,000-soldier parade in September to commemorate Japan' s World War II surrender, according to people familiar with the matter. Market interventions resumed in January, with buying focused on shares in companies with large weightings in benchmark indexes, the people say. Regulators also extended restrictions, which were just about to expire, on share sales by major stockholders. Even so, on Jan 11, with the circuit breakers removed, stocks plunged an additional 5%. " They' re trying to prop the market up above sustainable valuations. That' s the fundamental problem," says Patrick Chovanec, New York-based chief strategist for Silvercrest Asset Management Group. The unruly stock market seems to be giving the Xi administration second thoughts about its plans to loosen the reins throughout the economy. The government has not yielded control of the state-run companies that led China' s boom or forced them to reduce their debt. " That system is going to have to change dramatically, and I do not know if the government is going to let it, " Fama says.
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Siwomp Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:21        Siwomp About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Picked some speculative durian today...... Huat Ah!
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WanSiTong Supreme	15-Jan-2016 09:18        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Stocks To Watch GLP, Jumbo, SingTel, Perennial, Keppel DC, GKE January 15, 2016: 8:49 AM Here are some stocks to watch this Friday morning. Global Logistic Properties (Valuation: 2.00, Fundamental: 1.90) has signed three new lease agreements totalling 35,000 sq m in Greater Tokyo and Osaka Customers are consolidating their operations from multiple existing warehouses and using the facilities to support domestic distribution, the firm says.. GLP closed at $ 1.955. Jumbo Group. (Valuation: N / A, Fundamental: N / A) has opened a third Jumbo Seafood outlet at the Shanghai International Finance Centre and plans to open at least three more outlets in China and Singapore in the next two years Jumbo closed 3.3 % higher at 47 cents. SingTel (Valuation: 1.70, Fundamental: 1.30) and Netflix have partnered to offer customers promotional offers for the streaming service The telcos customers can get up to nine months' worth of complimentary Netflix subscriptions if they re-contract or sign up for Singtel mobile. plan or its Fibre Entertainment Bundle from Jan 22 to July 22. Singtel closed 2.2% lower at $ 3.50. Perennial Real Estate Holdings. (Valuation: N / A, Fundamental: N / A) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint venture, to operate a premium eldercare and retirement home in Chengdu, China Perennial closed 2.3% higher at 88 cents . Keppel DC REIT. (Valuation: N / A, Fundamental: N / A) posted a distribution per unit of 1.64 cents for 4Q ended Dec 31, 2015, slightly beating its own forecast by 1.9% This came on the back of a net property income of $ 21.85 million, which topped its forecast by 1.9%. Units of Keppel DC REIT closed 0.5% lower at $ 1.01. Logistics firm GKE Corporation (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 0.95) swung back into the black with earnings of $ 0.3 million for six months ended Nov 2015 from a net loss of $ 0.56 million a year ago GKE closed 2.5% higher at 8.1 cents.. Markets US stocks closed higher Thursday, stabilizing after a steep sell-off, helped by some recovery in oil prices and comments from Fed policymakers that indicated possibility of an even more gradual pace of tightening. The Dow Jones Industrial Average notched its biggest one-day gain of the year, rising 228 points, or 1.4%, to 16,379, the S & P 500 rose 32 points, or 1.7%, to 1,922, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 89 points, or 2%, to 4,615. The Straits Times Index (STI) ended the day 1.93% lower at 2,644.57, after trading between 2,642.01 and 2,663.51. Market breadth was negative. Excluding warrants, decliners outnumbered gainers 327 to 100. A total of 1.34 billion shares worth about $ 1.22 billion changed hands .
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Qanghoo Supreme	15-Jan-2016 07:40        Qanghoo About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Brother, got guts hoot big.  Neutral, jeep a bit.  No guts sell into strength.    Haha - just a bit of lighter moment to brighten our mood in this dark abyss, no offence meant.  Cheers.  bishan22      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 07:34) Posted: Technical rebound...... got guts just hoot small small...... Good luck all.... WanSiTong      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 06:27) Posted: North and South American Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   Dow Jones Industrial Average United States +227.64 +1.41% 16,379.05 4:31pm ET   S& P 500 INDEX United States +31.56 +1.67% 1,921.84 4:31pm ET   Brazil Bovespa Stock Index Brazil -13.72 -0.03% 39,500.11 3:19pm ET   Canada S& P/TSX 60 Canada +10.89 +1.52% 726.10 4:39pm ET   Santiago Index IPSA Chile +12.68 +0.45% 2,833.23 3:08pm ET   IPC Mexico +343.97 +0.84% 41,352.75 4:06pm ET Bounce in oil prices lifts energy shares, US stocks The energy sector led the beaten-up US stock market higher on Thursday as oil prices rebounded from 12-year lows. Major US indexes climbed about 2 percent after dropping to 3-1 / 2 month lows on Wednesday. Gains in stocks and oil also helped push the US dollar higher, while the increases in risk assets reduced demand for safe-haven gold and US government debt . Equity markets have tumbled to start the year as volatility in Chinese shares and the persistent slide in oil made investors jittery about the health of the global economy. " Oil has been able to hold the gains, and I think that has just given a little confidence for people to come back into the market today," said Maury Fertig, chief investment officer at Relative Value Partners in Northbrook, Illinois. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 227.64 points, or 1.41 percent, to 16,379.05, the S & P 500 .SPX gained 31.56 points, or 1.67 percent, to 1,921.84 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 88.94 points, or 1.97 percent, to 4,615.00. The US energy group .SPNY surged 4.5 percent, leading all sectors. Investors were also encouraged by comments from St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, who said the oil rout has caused a " worrisome" drop in US inflation expectations that may make further rate hikes hard to justify. The Fed will raise interest rates three times this year, a Reuters poll of economists found. Better-than-expected results from JP Morgan (JPM.N) gave a boost to what is expected to be a dour US corporate earnings season. " You have perhaps the biggest financial bank stock that came out, and they had pretty good results, so that may have quieted down some concerns," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, Indiana. January' s deep losses may have primed the stock market for a rebound but rallies have tended to fizzle at the start of 2016. On Thursday, too, stocks ended well off their highs. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 dropped 1.5 percent, hurt by a slump in the auto sector as Renault (RENA.PA) faced an emissions probe, but the index came off its 13-month lows. MSCI' s broadest gauge of stocks globally .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.3 percent. Benchmark Brent oil snapped an eight-day rout as some players covered short positions after crude prices plumbed new 12-year lows on worries that Iran may add its barrels to a glutted global market sooner than expected. With options for US crude' s front-month February futures expiring, traders were covering short positions. " Natural covering interest is buoying the market as many had $ 30 as an objective," said Pete Donovan, broker at Liquidity Energy in New York. US crude prices CLc1 settled up 2.4 percent at $ 31.20 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 2.4 percent at $ 31.03 a barrel. The dollar rose, bolstered by gains in the US stock market and a rebound in oil prices, suggesting that the Federal Reserve will not be as constrained to push ahead with its plan to raise interest rates several times this year. The US dollar .DXY rose 0.1 percent against a basket of currencies, while the euro EUR = fell 0.1 percent against the dollar. Prices on US Treasuries fell as oil prices steadied. Benchmark 10-year US Treasury notes US10YT = RR fell 8/32 in price to yield 2.0926 percent, from 2.066 late on Wednesday. Spot gold XAU = fell 1.4 percent as the oil price rebound and rise in US shares blunted bullion' s appeal as a haven.
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bishan22 Supreme	15-Jan-2016 07:34        bishan22 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Technical rebound...... got guts just hoot small small...... Good luck all.... WanSiTong      ( Date: 15-Jan-2016 06:27) Posted: North and South American Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   Dow Jones Industrial Average United States +227.64 +1.41% 16,379.05 4:31pm ET   S& P 500 INDEX United States +31.56 +1.67% 1,921.84 4:31pm ET   Brazil Bovespa Stock Index Brazil -13.72 -0.03% 39,500.11 3:19pm ET   Canada S& P/TSX 60 Canada +10.89 +1.52% 726.10 4:39pm ET   Santiago Index IPSA Chile +12.68 +0.45% 2,833.23 3:08pm ET   IPC Mexico +343.97 +0.84% 41,352.75 4:06pm ET Bounce in oil prices lifts energy shares, US stocks The energy sector led the beaten-up US stock market higher on Thursday as oil prices rebounded from 12-year lows. Major US indexes climbed about 2 percent after dropping to 3-1 / 2 month lows on Wednesday. Gains in stocks and oil also helped push the US dollar higher, while the increases in risk assets reduced demand for safe-haven gold and US government debt . Equity markets have tumbled to start the year as volatility in Chinese shares and the persistent slide in oil made investors jittery about the health of the global economy. " Oil has been able to hold the gains, and I think that has just given a little confidence for people to come back into the market today," said Maury Fertig, chief investment officer at Relative Value Partners in Northbrook, Illinois. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 227.64 points, or 1.41 percent, to 16,379.05, the S & P 500 .SPX gained 31.56 points, or 1.67 percent, to 1,921.84 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 88.94 points, or 1.97 percent, to 4,615.00. The US energy group .SPNY surged 4.5 percent, leading all sectors. Investors were also encouraged by comments from St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, who said the oil rout has caused a " worrisome" drop in US inflation expectations that may make further rate hikes hard to justify. The Fed will raise interest rates three times this year, a Reuters poll of economists found. Better-than-expected results from JP Morgan (JPM.N) gave a boost to what is expected to be a dour US corporate earnings season. " You have perhaps the biggest financial bank stock that came out, and they had pretty good results, so that may have quieted down some concerns," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, Indiana. January' s deep losses may have primed the stock market for a rebound but rallies have tended to fizzle at the start of 2016. On Thursday, too, stocks ended well off their highs. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 dropped 1.5 percent, hurt by a slump in the auto sector as Renault (RENA.PA) faced an emissions probe, but the index came off its 13-month lows. MSCI' s broadest gauge of stocks globally .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.3 percent. Benchmark Brent oil snapped an eight-day rout as some players covered short positions after crude prices plumbed new 12-year lows on worries that Iran may add its barrels to a glutted global market sooner than expected. With options for US crude' s front-month February futures expiring, traders were covering short positions. " Natural covering interest is buoying the market as many had $ 30 as an objective," said Pete Donovan, broker at Liquidity Energy in New York. US crude prices CLc1 settled up 2.4 percent at $ 31.20 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 2.4 percent at $ 31.03 a barrel. The dollar rose, bolstered by gains in the US stock market and a rebound in oil prices, suggesting that the Federal Reserve will not be as constrained to push ahead with its plan to raise interest rates several times this year. The US dollar .DXY rose 0.1 percent against a basket of currencies, while the euro EUR = fell 0.1 percent against the dollar. Prices on US Treasuries fell as oil prices steadied. Benchmark 10-year US Treasury notes US10YT = RR fell 8/32 in price to yield 2.0926 percent, from 2.066 late on Wednesday. Spot gold XAU = fell 1.4 percent as the oil price rebound and rise in US shares blunted bullion' s appeal as a haven.
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Qanghoo Supreme	15-Jan-2016 06:47        Qanghoo About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	DJ last moment spectacular somersault again.  At 0415 spore time, it was > 300+ up.  At close 227 up.  Anyway, rises beat falls by > 2 to 1.  For STI, maybe wayang along.  Pay attention to the rise-fall scoreboard though - sensible bet wld be f> r.
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WanSiTong Supreme	15-Jan-2016 06:27        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	North and South American Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   Dow Jones Industrial Average United States +227.64 +1.41% 16,379.05 4:31pm ET   S& P 500 INDEX United States +31.56 +1.67% 1,921.84 4:31pm ET   Brazil Bovespa Stock Index Brazil -13.72 -0.03% 39,500.11 3:19pm ET   Canada S& P/TSX 60 Canada +10.89 +1.52% 726.10 4:39pm ET   Santiago Index IPSA Chile +12.68 +0.45% 2,833.23 3:08pm ET   IPC Mexico +343.97 +0.84% 41,352.75 4:06pm ET Bounce in oil prices lifts energy shares, US stocks The energy sector led the beaten-up US stock market higher on Thursday as oil prices rebounded from 12-year lows. Major US indexes climbed about 2 percent after dropping to 3-1 / 2 month lows on Wednesday. Gains in stocks and oil also helped push the US dollar higher, while the increases in risk assets reduced demand for safe-haven gold and US government debt . Equity markets have tumbled to start the year as volatility in Chinese shares and the persistent slide in oil made investors jittery about the health of the global economy. " Oil has been able to hold the gains, and I think that has just given a little confidence for people to come back into the market today," said Maury Fertig, chief investment officer at Relative Value Partners in Northbrook, Illinois. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 227.64 points, or 1.41 percent, to 16,379.05, the S & P 500 .SPX gained 31.56 points, or 1.67 percent, to 1,921.84 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 88.94 points, or 1.97 percent, to 4,615.00. The US energy group .SPNY surged 4.5 percent, leading all sectors. Investors were also encouraged by comments from St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, who said the oil rout has caused a " worrisome" drop in US inflation expectations that may make further rate hikes hard to justify. The Fed will raise interest rates three times this year, a Reuters poll of economists found. Better-than-expected results from JP Morgan (JPM.N) gave a boost to what is expected to be a dour US corporate earnings season. " You have perhaps the biggest financial bank stock that came out, and they had pretty good results, so that may have quieted down some concerns," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, Indiana. January' s deep losses may have primed the stock market for a rebound but rallies have tended to fizzle at the start of 2016. On Thursday, too, stocks ended well off their highs. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 dropped 1.5 percent, hurt by a slump in the auto sector as Renault (RENA.PA) faced an emissions probe, but the index came off its 13-month lows. MSCI' s broadest gauge of stocks globally .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.3 percent. Benchmark Brent oil snapped an eight-day rout as some players covered short positions after crude prices plumbed new 12-year lows on worries that Iran may add its barrels to a glutted global market sooner than expected. With options for US crude' s front-month February futures expiring, traders were covering short positions. " Natural covering interest is buoying the market as many had $ 30 as an objective," said Pete Donovan, broker at Liquidity Energy in New York. US crude prices CLc1 settled up 2.4 percent at $ 31.20 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 2.4 percent at $ 31.03 a barrel. The dollar rose, bolstered by gains in the US stock market and a rebound in oil prices, suggesting that the Federal Reserve will not be as constrained to push ahead with its plan to raise interest rates several times this year. The US dollar .DXY rose 0.1 percent against a basket of currencies, while the euro EUR = fell 0.1 percent against the dollar. Prices on US Treasuries fell as oil prices steadied. Benchmark 10-year US Treasury notes US10YT = RR fell 8/32 in price to yield 2.0926 percent, from 2.066 late on Wednesday. Spot gold XAU = fell 1.4 percent as the oil price rebound and rise in US shares blunted bullion' s appeal as a haven.
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student Master	14-Jan-2016 21:25        student About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Huge volumes on plunging days can mean the smart money is leaving the market in droves. Qanghoo      ( Date: 14-Jan-2016 21:10) Posted: Made an observation.  When situation is volatile n sti is making substantial retreat, total value of shares traded balloons.  On normal days, value usually < 1 bil n seems to be shrinking by the day.  Now, de we know why they seem to be OK with the state of the equity mkt here?  WanSiTong      ( Date: 14-Jan-2016 20:01) Posted: STI ends 1.93% lower at 2,644.57 January 14, 2016: 5:15 PM Singapore equities closed weaker on Thursday, amidst a retreat in most Asian markets on weaker economic numbers out of Japan, as well as news of deadly blasts in Indonesia. Mainland Chinese markets, however, rebounded from midday losses to end higher. The Nikkei 225 Index slumped 2.68%, while the KOSPI and Hang Seng Indices slipped 0.85% and 0.59% respectively. Meanwhile, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices climbed 1.97% and 3.81% respectively. The Straits Times Index (STI) ended the day 1.93% lower at 2,644.57, after trading between 2,642.01 and 2,663.51. Market breadth was negative. Excluding warrants, decliners outnumbered gainers 327 to 100. A total of 1.34 billion shares worth about $ 1.22 billion changed hands, giving an average of 91 cents per share for the entire market. Annica Holdings (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 0.95), China Sports International (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 1.65), Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 1.25), Noble Group (Valuation: 1.80, Fundamental: 0.35 ), and LifeBrandz (Valuation: 0.00, Fundamental: 2.25) were among the most actively traded counters. Among STI components, Singapore Airlines (Valuation: 1.40, Fundamental: 1.65) rose 0.5% to $ 11.11, while SATS added 0.3% to $ 3.87 Meanwhile, Sembcorp Marine (Valuation: 1.80, Fundamental: 1.10). Tumbled 6.8% to $ 1.37, while Keppel Corp (Valuation: 2.40, Fundamental: 1.30) plunged 6.4% to $ 4.86. Ezra Holdings (Valuation: 1.10, Fundamental: 0.45). Slipped 2.6% to 7.6 cents The offshore contractor posted a loss of US $ 55.3 million for 1QFY2016 ended Nov, amidst a challenging market for offshore marine and subsea companies due to the depressed state of the oil and gas industry. Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments jumped 16.7% to 0.7 cent, after a trading halt on its shares was lifted. The company has entered into a deal to buy a Chinese real estate company for $ 33.3 million. Noble Group plunged 6.2% to 30.5 cents. Fitch Ratings has on Wednesday affirmed the commodity trader' s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating and senior unsecured rating at ' BBB-' . SingHaiyi Group (Valuation: 2.00, Fundamental: 1.30) added 0.9% to 11.3 cents The property developer was queried by the Singapore Exchange over unusual trading activity in its shares..
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Qanghoo Supreme	14-Jan-2016 21:10        Qanghoo About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Made an observation.  When situation is volatile n sti is making substantial retreat, total value of shares traded balloons.  On normal days, value usually < 1 bil n seems to be shrinking by the day.  Now, de we know why they seem to be OK with the state of the equity mkt here?  WanSiTong      ( Date: 14-Jan-2016 20:01) Posted: STI ends 1.93% lower at 2,644.57 January 14, 2016: 5:15 PM Singapore equities closed weaker on Thursday, amidst a retreat in most Asian markets on weaker economic numbers out of Japan, as well as news of deadly blasts in Indonesia. Mainland Chinese markets, however, rebounded from midday losses to end higher. The Nikkei 225 Index slumped 2.68%, while the KOSPI and Hang Seng Indices slipped 0.85% and 0.59% respectively. Meanwhile, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices climbed 1.97% and 3.81% respectively. The Straits Times Index (STI) ended the day 1.93% lower at 2,644.57, after trading between 2,642.01 and 2,663.51. Market breadth was negative. Excluding warrants, decliners outnumbered gainers 327 to 100. A total of 1.34 billion shares worth about $ 1.22 billion changed hands, giving an average of 91 cents per share for the entire market. Annica Holdings (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 0.95), China Sports International (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 1.65), Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 1.25), Noble Group (Valuation: 1.80, Fundamental: 0.35 ), and LifeBrandz (Valuation: 0.00, Fundamental: 2.25) were among the most actively traded counters. Among STI components, Singapore Airlines (Valuation: 1.40, Fundamental: 1.65) rose 0.5% to $ 11.11, while SATS added 0.3% to $ 3.87 Meanwhile, Sembcorp Marine (Valuation: 1.80, Fundamental: 1.10). Tumbled 6.8% to $ 1.37, while Keppel Corp (Valuation: 2.40, Fundamental: 1.30) plunged 6.4% to $ 4.86. Ezra Holdings (Valuation: 1.10, Fundamental: 0.45). Slipped 2.6% to 7.6 cents The offshore contractor posted a loss of US $ 55.3 million for 1QFY2016 ended Nov, amidst a challenging market for offshore marine and subsea companies due to the depressed state of the oil and gas industry. Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments jumped 16.7% to 0.7 cent, after a trading halt on its shares was lifted. The company has entered into a deal to buy a Chinese real estate company for $ 33.3 million. Noble Group plunged 6.2% to 30.5 cents. Fitch Ratings has on Wednesday affirmed the commodity trader' s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating and senior unsecured rating at ' BBB-' . SingHaiyi Group (Valuation: 2.00, Fundamental: 1.30) added 0.9% to 11.3 cents The property developer was queried by the Singapore Exchange over unusual trading activity in its shares..
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WanSiTong Supreme	14-Jan-2016 20:01        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	STI ends 1.93% lower at 2,644.57 January 14, 2016: 5:15 PM Singapore equities closed weaker on Thursday, amidst a retreat in most Asian markets on weaker economic numbers out of Japan, as well as news of deadly blasts in Indonesia. Mainland Chinese markets, however, rebounded from midday losses to end higher. The Nikkei 225 Index slumped 2.68%, while the KOSPI and Hang Seng Indices slipped 0.85% and 0.59% respectively. Meanwhile, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices climbed 1.97% and 3.81% respectively. The Straits Times Index (STI) ended the day 1.93% lower at 2,644.57, after trading between 2,642.01 and 2,663.51. Market breadth was negative. Excluding warrants, decliners outnumbered gainers 327 to 100. A total of 1.34 billion shares worth about $ 1.22 billion changed hands, giving an average of 91 cents per share for the entire market. Annica Holdings (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 0.95), China Sports International (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 1.65), Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments (Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 1.25), Noble Group (Valuation: 1.80, Fundamental: 0.35 ), and LifeBrandz (Valuation: 0.00, Fundamental: 2.25) were among the most actively traded counters. Among STI components, Singapore Airlines (Valuation: 1.40, Fundamental: 1.65) rose 0.5% to $ 11.11, while SATS added 0.3% to $ 3.87 Meanwhile, Sembcorp Marine (Valuation: 1.80, Fundamental: 1.10). Tumbled 6.8% to $ 1.37, while Keppel Corp (Valuation: 2.40, Fundamental: 1.30) plunged 6.4% to $ 4.86. Ezra Holdings (Valuation: 1.10, Fundamental: 0.45). Slipped 2.6% to 7.6 cents The offshore contractor posted a loss of US $ 55.3 million for 1QFY2016 ended Nov, amidst a challenging market for offshore marine and subsea companies due to the depressed state of the oil and gas industry. Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments jumped 16.7% to 0.7 cent, after a trading halt on its shares was lifted. The company has entered into a deal to buy a Chinese real estate company for $ 33.3 million. Noble Group plunged 6.2% to 30.5 cents. Fitch Ratings has on Wednesday affirmed the commodity trader' s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating and senior unsecured rating at ' BBB-' . SingHaiyi Group (Valuation: 2.00, Fundamental: 1.30) added 0.9% to 11.3 cents The property developer was queried by the Singapore Exchange over unusual trading activity in its shares..
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student Master	14-Jan-2016 19:05        student About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	No point, as Europe is in a bad sea of red, so it's very likely the Dow will plunge again just like yesterday. It ceratinly seems the global trend is right on course. WanSiTong      ( Date: 14-Jan-2016 16:48) Posted: Dow future up 102 pts.
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