Oil rises as Russia sanctions bolster crude’s hot start to 2025
Oil settled at a three-month high as the US ratcheted up sanctions against Russia, adding to a run of bullish developments that have propelled crude to a strong start to 2025. Brent…
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SGX securities turnover value rises 5% in December despite lower market volume
THE total securities market turnover value on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) climbed 5 per cent on the year to S$20 billion in December, indicated the bourse operator’s monthly market…
Death toll rises to 127 after plane crashes at South Korean airport
SEOUL, South Korea — There were two survivors and 177 confirmed dead in a commercial airplane crash Sunday at a South Korean airport, officials said. There were 181 passengers and crew…
Brazil bridge collapse death toll rises to 9, with 8 other people unaccounted for
SAO PAULO (AP) — A woman's body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states in Brazil collapsed, bringing the death toll so far to nine. Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the…
Singapore shares open higher on Friday; STI rises 0.6%
SINGAPORE stocks began trading higher on Friday (Dec 27) morning following a muted showing from US equities. As at 9.02 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) rose 22.28 points or 0.6 per cent…
Death Toll Rises to 5, Including a 9-Year-Old, After Man Drives Car into Hundreds of Shoppers at Christmas Market
The death toll from the attack in Germany — where a man drove a car into shoppers at a high speed during a Christmas market — rose to five people, including a child who was 9 years old, as…
Frankfurt Airport's November passenger traffic rises 1 percent
German airport operator Fraport Group reported on Thursday that passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport in the month of November edged up from last year. Total passenger numbers at all…
Gold rises for fifth day as US data lifts Fed rate-cut bets
GOLD nudged higher for a fifth straight session on Thursday (Dec 12) to hover near a more than two-week peak, supported by increased expectations of an interest rate cut from the Federal…
SGX securities turnover value rises 51% in November; volume up 12%
THE Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) total securities market turnover value rose 51 per cent year on year (yoy) to S$30.2 billion for November, based on the bourse operator’s monthly market…
STI rises 0.6% as banking shares make strong gains amid mixed Asia markets
SINGAPORE stocks were close to a record high on Thursday (Dec 5) morning, but eased by the close. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 22.74 points or 0.6 per cent to 3,822.68.…
Death toll in Uganda landslides rises to 20 as search for more casualties presses on
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda on Friday and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week's…
German inflation rises again in November, to 2.2%
A woman holds money in her hand over of a full shopping basket of groceries. Germany's inflation rate rose for the second consecutive month in November, climbing 2.2% above the level of…
Hot stock: PEC rises 11.4% after talks of potential share deal
The counter climbs 11.4 per cent or S$0.085 to S$0.83 as at 11.18 am. SHARES of engineering company PEC were up 11.4 per cent on Thursday (Nov 28) following talks of a possible share deal.…
Maybank’s Q3 net profit rises 7.6% to 2.5 billion ringgit
MAYBANK’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sep 30, 2024, amounted to 2.5 billion ringgit (S$770 million), up 7.6 per cent from 2.4 billion ringgit in the previous corresponding…
Maybank’s Q3 net profit rises 7.6% to RM2.5 billion
MAYBANK’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sep 30, 2024, amounted to RM2.5 billion (S$770 million), up 7.6 per cent from RM2.4 billion in the previous corresponding period. The…
STI rises, tracking Asia gains as RHB upgrades Singapore banking stocks
SINGAPORE stocks traded higher on Monday (Nov 25) as they followed other markets in the region in making gains. As at noon, the Straits Times Index (STI) shed some earlier gains, climbing…
SIA Group passenger traffic rises 7.4% in October
Cargo loads are up by 20.2 per cent, while cargo capacity expanded by 14.3 per cent SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) Group reported a 7.4 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic to…
Old Chang Kee H1 profit rises 42% to S$6.2 million
CURRY puff maker Old Chang Kee on Friday (Nov 8) posted a net profit of S$6.2 million for the six months ended Sep 30, climbing 42 per cent from S$4.4 million year on year (yoy). This…
Latest Singapore 6-month T-bill cut-off yield rises to 3.04% after Trump’s win
THE cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) rose to 3.04 per cent, auction results released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Thursday (Nov 7) showed.…
SingPost’s H1 profit rises 97.3% to S$22.6 million; declares higher interim dividend of S$0.0034 per share
SINGAPORE Post’s (SingPost) net profit for the first half ended September nearly doubled to S$22.6 million on higher revenue. This represented a 97.3 per cent increase from S$11.5 million…
Ferrari’s core profit rises 7%, helped by product mix, personal touches
FERRARI said on Tuesday (Nov 5) its core earnings rose 7 per cent in the third quarter, despite a slight decrease in car shipments, as the luxury sports car maker continued to benefit from…
Singapore stocks edge up on eve of US elections following regional trend; STI rises 0.5%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) edged up on Monday (Nov 4) by 0.5 per cent or 16.61 points to end at 3,572.04. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 262 to 247, after…
Samsung rises after signalling progress with Nvidia on AI memory
Samsung Electronics declared progress in supplying its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips to Nvidia, offering some reassurance to investors who fear the company’s…
Oil rises on US stockpiles drawdown, Opec+ mulls output hike delay
Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday (Oct 30), rising more than 2 per cent after data showed US crude and gasoline inventories fell unexpectedly last week and on reports that the Opec+ may…