SGX Singapore Closing Market Update : Epic Research Singapore

A RISE in oil prices, a bank reserve ratio cut in China and the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on Thursday which markets hoped would yield more quantitative easing opened a window of opportunity for traders this week, encouraging them to adopt a "risk on'' stance.

On Friday, the Straits Times Index responded to a 140-point jump in the Dow futures by gaining 19.74 points at 2,828.86, reducing its loss for the week to just nine points.

However, turnover over the five days dropped steadily, from S$1.5 billion on Monday to 1.8 billion units worth S$919.7 million on Friday. A week ago on Friday, S$1.75 billion was done, so the drop over the week has been about 47 per cent.

Not surprisingly, offshore and marine (O&M) stocks were the main plays, led by Ezra, Ezion, Keppel, Technics Oil & Gas and Sembcorp Marine.

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