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>Earnings Focus Reduces Buybacks & Director Acquisition Filings The Hour Glass led the buyback consideration tally, buying back 795,000 shares at an average price of S$1.55 per share over two sessions.</li><li>Directors or CEOs filed eight acquisitions and one disposal while substantial shareholders filed three acquisitions and two disposals.</li></ul>

Earnings Focus Reduces Buybacks & Director Acquisition Filings The Hour Glass led the buyback consideration tally, buying back 795,000 shares at an average price of S$1.55 per share over two sessions.Directors or CEOs filed eight acquisitions and one disposal while substantial shareholders filed three acquisitions and two disposals.

Earnings Focus Reduces Buybacks & Director Acquisition Filings

<ul><li>With global focus to a lower carbon and more climate resilient future, multiple Singapore-listed stocks have continued to press ahead with pivots to sustainable energy which include solar and wind assets, or more fuel-efficient transportation solutions.</li><li>To support the global energy transition, it aims to grow net profit contribution from its sustainable solutions portfolio to 70% by 2025.</li><li>In 2022, Sembcorp Industries renewables capacity grew 60% to 9.8GW and Sembcorp Industries commissioned Southeast Asia’s largest energy storage system in six months.</li></ul>

With global focus to a lower carbon and more climate resilient future, multiple Singapore-listed stocks have continued to press ahead with pivots to sustainable energy which include solar and wind assets, or more fuel-efficient transportation solutions.To support the global energy transition, it aims to grow net profit contribution from its sustainable solutions portfolio to 70% by 2025.In 2022, Sembcorp Industries renewables capacity grew 60% to 9.8GW and Sembcorp Industries commissioned Southeast Asia’s largest energy storage system in six months.

Stocks Pivoting to Sustainable Solutions Lead STI in 2023 YTD

<ul><li>Share buybacks by primary listed companies 18 - 24 Aug 2023 UOB led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an average price of S$27.93 per share, followed by Sembcorp Industries which bought back 1,095,000 shares at an average price of S$5.35 per share.</li><li>Between Aug 17 and Aug 23, QAF joint group managing director and executive director Lin Kejian acquired 1,586,000 shares at an average price of S$0.80 per share.</li></ul>

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 18 - 24 Aug 2023 UOB led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an average price of S$27.93 per share, followed by Sembcorp Industries which bought back 1,095,000 shares at an average price of S$5.35 per share.Between Aug 17 and Aug 23, QAF joint group managing director and executive director Lin Kejian acquired 1,586,000 shares at an average price of S$0.80 per share.

QAF, JEP and Sinostar PEC directors acquire more stocks over the week

<ul><li>https://investors.sgx.com/_security-types/stocks/U96?lang=en will rejoin the MSCI Singapore Index with effect from the close of trading on Thurs 31 Aug 2023.</li><li>From its MSCI Singapore Index deletion on 29 May 2020 through to the 11 August 2023 close, Sembcorp Industries market capitalisation has more than quadrupled from S$2.4 billion to S$10.6 billion.</li><li>Dividends boosted the MSCI Singapore Index total return in the 2023 year to 11 August to 6.3%.</li></ul>

https://investors.sgx.com/_security-types/stocks/U96?lang=en will rejoin the MSCI Singapore Index with effect from the close of trading on Thurs 31 Aug 2023.From its MSCI Singapore Index deletion on 29 May 2020 through to the 11 August 2023 close, Sembcorp Industries market capitalisation has more than quadrupled from S$2.4 billion to S$10.6 billion.Dividends boosted the MSCI Singapore Index total return in the 2023 year to 11 August to 6.3%.

Sembcorp Industries Scheduled to Rejoin MSCI Singapore on 1 Sep

<ul><li>Actively traded high-turnover stocks in 2023 YTD This year, close to a quarter of Singapore’s 100 most actively traded stocks have registered double-digit percentage growth in daily trading turnover from their respective 2022 levels.</li><li>This saw the stock rank among the 85 most traded stocks so far this year, after ranking just outside the 170 most traded stocks in 2022.</li></ul>

Actively traded high-turnover stocks in 2023 YTD This year, close to a quarter of Singapore’s 100 most actively traded stocks have registered double-digit percentage growth in daily trading turnover from their respective 2022 levels.This saw the stock rank among the 85 most traded stocks so far this year, after ranking just outside the 170 most traded stocks in 2022.

Vibrant activity among top traded stocks on SGX

Singapore

Sembcorp Industries Ltd provides utilities and integrated services for industrial sites such as power, gas, steam, water, wastewater treatment and other on-site services. The Company's businesses also include marine & offshore engineering and urban development comprising industrial parks and business, commercial and residential spaces.

Sembcorp Industries (SCI SP)

Earnings Focus Reduces Buybacks & Director Acquisition Filings

Earnings Focus Reduces Buybacks & Director Acquisition Filings The Hour Glass led the buyback consideration tally, buying back 795,000 shares...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Stocks Pivoting to Sustainable Solutions Lead STI in 2023 YTD

With global focus to a lower carbon and more climate resilient future, multiple Singapore-listed stocks have continued to press ahead with pivots...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

QAF, JEP and Sinostar PEC directors acquire more stocks over the week

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 18 - 24 Aug 2023 UOB led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Sembcorp Industries Scheduled to Rejoin MSCI Singapore on 1 Sep

https://investors.sgx.com/_security-types/stocks/U96?lang=en will rejoin the MSCI Singapore Index with effect from the close of trading on Thurs...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Vibrant activity among top traded stocks on SGX

Actively traded high-turnover stocks in 2023 YTD This year, close to a quarter of Singapore’s 100 most actively traded stocks have registered...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)