SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>INSTITUTIONS were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions through to Sep 14, with S$18.4 million of net institutional inflow, while 24 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$25.9 million. led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 1.2 million shares at an average price of S$12.58 per share, followed by which bought back 5.36 million shares at an average price of S$1.13 per share.</li><li>The five trading sessions saw 60 changes to director interests and substantial shareholdings filed for close to 30 primary-listed stocks.</li></ul>

INSTITUTIONS were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions through to Sep 14, with S$18.4 million of net institutional inflow, while 24 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$25.9 million. led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 1.2 million shares at an average price of S$12.58 per share, followed by which bought back 5.36 million shares at an average price of S$1.13 per share.The five trading sessions saw 60 changes to director interests and substantial shareholdings filed for close to 30 primary-listed stocks.

GHY’s Guo Jingyu raises stake as group eyes turnaround, profitability

<ul><li>For the first three weeks of August, the STI declined 6.5% in-line with the FTSE China A50 Index losing 6.6%, before the STI retraced 2.5% of those losses to finish the month down 4.2%.</li><li>Singapore stocks booked net institutional inflows of S$408 million and net retail inflows of S$600 million over the month.</li><li>As tabled above, Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) booked S$163 million of net retail inflows in August, taking the accumulated net retail inflows for the first eight months of 2023 to S$201 million.</li></ul>

For the first three weeks of August, the STI declined 6.5% in-line with the FTSE China A50 Index losing 6.6%, before the STI retraced 2.5% of those losses to finish the month down 4.2%.Singapore stocks booked net institutional inflows of S$408 million and net retail inflows of S$600 million over the month.As tabled above, Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) booked S$163 million of net retail inflows in August, taking the accumulated net retail inflows for the first eight months of 2023 to S$201 million.

Institutions & Individual Investors Net Buyers of Singapore Stocks in August 

<ul><li>Singapore stocks have booked net institutional fund inflow for three consecutive weeks ending 25 August.</li><li>With four trading sessions for the month remaining, August is poised to be the first month local stocks have booked net inflows since Nov 2022.</li><li>Back in November 2022, UOB posted a 12.4% return and booked the highest net institutional inflow in the Singapore stock market for that month with S$306 million of net inflow.</li></ul>

Singapore stocks have booked net institutional fund inflow for three consecutive weeks ending 25 August.With four trading sessions for the month remaining, August is poised to be the first month local stocks have booked net inflows since Nov 2022.Back in November 2022, UOB posted a 12.4% return and booked the highest net institutional inflow in the Singapore stock market for that month with S$306 million of net inflow.

Singapore Stocks Poised to Book Net Institutional Inflows in August

<ul><li>Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions through to May 2, with S$12.9 million of net institutional inflow, as 17 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$28.4 million.</li><li>Leading the net institutional inflow over the four sessions were DBS, UOB, Seatrium, City Developments, UOL Group, iFast Corporation, Singapore Tech Engineering, Singapore Exchange, Cortina Holdings, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Hongkong Land Holdings.</li><li>For the month of April, Singapore stocks booked S$225 million of net institutional inflow, following S$1.15 billion of net institutional outflow in Q1.</li></ul>

Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions through to May 2, with S$12.9 million of net institutional inflow, as 17 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$28.4 million.Leading the net institutional inflow over the four sessions were DBS, UOB, Seatrium, City Developments, UOL Group, iFast Corporation, Singapore Tech Engineering, Singapore Exchange, Cortina Holdings, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Hongkong Land Holdings.For the month of April, Singapore stocks booked S$225 million of net institutional inflow, following S$1.15 billion of net institutional outflow in Q1.

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<ul><li>LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes City Developments again led the buyback consideration tally for the week, acquiring 2,439,900 shares at an average of S$5.93 per share.</li><li>Between Apr 19 and 23, LHT Holdings managing director Yap Mui Kee acquired 138,000 shares at an average price of S$1.186 per share.</li></ul>

LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes City Developments again led the buyback consideration tally for the week, acquiring 2,439,900 shares at an average of S$5.93 per share.Between Apr 19 and 23, LHT Holdings managing director Yap Mui Kee acquired 138,000 shares at an average price of S$1.186 per share.

LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes

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