Singapore market started positively, with STI opened at 3214.41.  Please note that market will be shut for the afternoon session today.

• Singapore November bank lending up 1.7% from October

News Updates:

1. Shares of Singapore-listed fabric maker China Gaoxian rose as much as 5% on Friday to its record high after it said it hoped to price its Korea depository receipts (KDR) at a premium to its Singapore stock price.

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Singapore market started steady after a Wall Street advanced overnight with STI opened at 3211.11, up 3.2 points. 

News Updates:

1. China’s purchasing managers’ index for December slowed to 54.4 in December, above the threshold of 50 that separates expansion from contraction, but below the reading of 55.3 in November and 54.8 in October, according to the data, compiled by Markit.

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Singapore market is holding up, with STI up 12.39 points to open at 3196.09.

News Updates:

1. Singapore-listed developer GuocoLand, a firm linked to Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan, said on Wednesday it had no plans to set up a real estate investment trust (Reit), dismissing a report in the Business Times newspaper…
2. Tower Australia powered higher on a takeover bid from Dai-ichi Life. 

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Singapore market started slightly higher with STI up 7.63 points to 3166.99. Nonetheless, market is expected to be quiet ahead of the New Year holiday.

News Updates:

1. Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda warned on Tuesday against creeping rises in the yen, saying he is ready to act decisively against any rapid moves as a stronger yen threatens to damage a fragile export-led economy…
2. Japanese factory output rose for the first time in six months in November and manufacturers expect to boost output in coming months, suggesting that firm Asian demand will help the economy resume a recovery.
3. The operator of the Nasdaq stock market is in talks with the Osaka Securities Exchange, the smaller of Japan's two main bourses, about jointly setting up a new exchange in 2012 and possibly a new 24-hour trading platform, according to Japanese reports Tuesday

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Singapore market opened higher after Wall Street edged up overnight following a report that showed the US economy growing faster than expected. STI up 11.79 points to open at 3156.10.

• GLP to buy 19.9% Shenzhen Chiwan Petroleum for US$69.4 million 

Watch Out For Economic News Today

1. Singapore CPI (Nov)
2. U.S Initial Jobless Claims
3. U.S New Home Sales (Nov)

1. Keppel has secured an order for jackup rig about US$180 million from Jasper Investments Limited, with an option for another similar unit.

News Updates:

1. Greek bonds slid and the Swiss franc rallied as Fitch Ratings said it may cut Greece's debt rating to junk.

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Singapore market starts to trade higher after Wall Street rise, with STI up 16 points to 3157.83…

Please note that Singapore market will be opened for just the morning session on this Friday 

Watch Out For Economic News Today

1. U.S Annualised GDP (3Q)
2. U.S Existing Home Sales (Nov) 

1. Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard secured US$400 million contract to build two premium jackup rigs with options for another four rigs from Noble Corporation that could lift the total value to US$1.2 billion.
2. Wilmar announced that it will invest $134 million in a joint venture with Kerry Properties (China) Limited and Shangri-La China Limited.

News Updates:

1. Japan Nov exports rise 9.1%

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Singapore market traded flat in the morning session, with STI opened at 3182.38.  Nonetheless, overall sentiment in the region was helped by Wall Street's gains Friday as optimistic data was released.  

Watch Out For Economic News Tomorrow

1. U.S Advance Retail Sales (Nov)

1. Cosco announced it has delivered a bulk carrier of 80,000 dwt to its European buyer.

News Updates:

1. Confidence among U.S. consumers increased more than forecast in December to the highest level in six months at the same time Americans began stepping up holiday spending. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment rose to 74.2 from 71.6 at the end of November. Economists projected a December reading of 72.5, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey.
2. U.S. trade deficit shrank 13% to $38.7 billion.
3. China’s Consumer Price Index in November jumped 5.1% from a year-earlier to hit the highest level in more than two years.
4. China’s Producer Price Index also climbed by a faster-than-expected 6.1% from the year-ago period.
5. China’s Monthly Industrial Production jumped 13.3% and retail sales accelerated 18.7%, while urban fixed asset investment for the first 11 months of the year rose 24.9% from the corresponding period of 2009.
6. People’s Bank of China raised banks’ reserve rate requirements by half-a-percentage point

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Singapore market traded lower, with STI down 23.31 points to 3186.89. Many investors took to the sidelines after robust China trade data heightened concerns of an imminent rate hike from Beijing. 

• Shangri-la plans US$605 million rights shares to settle loans

Watch Out For Economic News Today

1. China Exports (Nov) [China's November trade data on Friday showed imports and exports both hitting records, with the trade surplus narrowing to $22.9 billion from $27.15 billion in October.]

1. Genting signed a commitment letter on the proposed refinancing of S$4.2 billion of facilities received in 2008.
2. Osim submitted an application to offer and list Taiwan Depositary Receipts and may raise S$76 million from the issue.
3. Tiger Airways reported 34% increase in passengers in 12 months to Nov 2010 and expanded fleet by 2 aircraft through lease extension.

News Updates:

1. U.S. applications for jobless benefits decreased to 421,000.
2. Hong Kong's stock exchange said on Friday that locally listed China companies will be able to report their accounts using Chinese accounting standards from Dec 15.
3. China is set to release inflation data on Saturday and markets have continued to speculate about the prospect of a rate hike late on Friday or over the weekend.

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STI opens slightly higher at 3195.21. Expect market continues to be choppy… 

Watch Out For Economic News Today

1. U.S ABC Consumer Confidence (Dec) 

1. Tiger Airways announced that it has utilised approximately S$15.5 million from IPO to fund their acquisition of aircraft and associated aircraft pre-delivery payments.

News Updates:

1. U.S. government debt dropped after Obama said he would accept lower rates on high earners' income, dividends, capital gains and multimillion-dollar estates for the next two years to break a stalemate over extending the Bush administration's tax cuts for middle-class taxpayers before Congress adjourns. The current tax rates, enacted in 2001 and 2003, are set to increase Dec. 31.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan told Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and others to realise a 5 percentage point cut in the effective corporate tax rate from fiscal 2011, deflecting calls for a more modest reduction, the Nikkei business daily reported.
3. A Monetary Authority of Singapore survey of 22 professional forecasters last month found that they predicted a most likely outcome of 15.0-15.9% growth in 2010

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Singapore market opened slightly lower, with STI down 4.14 points to 3177.27.

• Citi starts Yanlord at 'buy', target $2.38
• OCBC ups Venture target to $12.10, keeps 'buy'

Watch Out For Economic News Today

1. U.S IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism (Dec) 

1. NOL announced its shipping operating performance for the four weeks (Period 11) from 16 October to 12 November. Volumes in FEU terms rose 6% YoY and are up 23% YTD. Average revenue per FEU is up 25% YoY and 22% YTD.
2. Keppel Land said it is expecting to book a larger profit of approximately S$394 million from its Marina Bay divestment, following a positive advance ruling from the tax authorities. Keppel Land is divesting one third of its stake in Marina Bay Financial Centre Towers 1 & 2 to K-REIT

News Updates:

1. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank may boost purchases of U.S. debt.
2. Germany rejected calls to increase the European Union's 750 billion-euro ($1 trillion) aid fund or introduce joint bond sales, signalling its refusal to bear extra costs to stamp out the debt crisis

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Singapore market opened higher as lifted by Wall Street's overnight surge, with STI up 19.89 points to 3201.83.

Wall Street posted its biggest gains in three months overnight on talk of bold steps to resolve the EU's debt crisis…

Watch Out For Economic News Today

1. Euro-zone 3Q GDP
2. ECB Interest Rates Announcement
3. U.S Fed Beige Book

1. Cosco's subsidiary has secured contracts valued over USD110mn to build 3 bulk carriers of 82,000 dwt each.
2. Noble announced that it received revolving loan facilities worth $2.54 billion from a syndication of banks.

News Updates:

1. Japanese shares climbed Thursday morning in Tokyo as a rally on Wall Street and a weaker yen buoyed exporters stocks, prompting the Nikkei Stock Average to touch its highest intraday level in more than 5 months. The Nikkei Stock Average rose 1.6% to 10,150.43 after rising as high as 10,187.59, a level not seen since June 21
2. Australia's trade surplus rose to 2.45 billion Australian dollars ($2.36 billion) in October, from A$2.42 billion in September, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday.
3. Australian retail turnover down 1.1% in October

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Singapore Market inched slightly slower in opening trades, as pressured lower by continued concerns that Ireland's sovereign debt crisis would spread to other euro zone nations.

Watch Out For Economic News Today

1. China Nov PMI Manufacturing (China PMI up to 55.2 in November vs October's 54.7)
2. U.S Nov ADP Employment Change
3. U.S Nov ISM Manufacturing

1. Swiber and Rawabi jointly launched a 500 ton Derrick Pipelay Barge with a pipelay capability of up to 60' diameter and accommodation capacity of 300 men.

News Updates:

1. Bank of America Corp. slumped 3.2%, the most in the Dow, and costs to protect its debt from default climbed to a 16- month high on speculation damaging information about the company will be leaked on the Internet. Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, told Forbes that he'll release documents from a U.S. bank next year and told Computerworld magazine in 2009 that his group had a hard drive from a Bank of America executive's computer. Credit-default swaps on the bank soared 24.6 basis points to a 16-month high of 220.1, CMA data showed. (Bloomberg)

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