SGX Singapore Closing Market Update : Epic Research Singapore

A QUIET trading session on Thursday saw the Straits Times Index (STI) end just 2.34 points higher at 2,813.59, thanks mainly to gains in the three banks. Turnover was a low 1.3 billion units worth S$879.3 million and excluding warrants there were 202 rises versus 182 falls.

Overseas markets did not provide much guidance - the Dow futures fell slowly throughout the day and stood about 48 points weaker at 5pm, while Hong Kong added 0.3 per cent.

Counteracting the push up from the banks was a S$0.05 loss for Singtel at S$3.72 that came with 17.7 million traded. OCBC Investment Research in a Thursday "buy" on the stock said that Singtel remains its top pick in the telco sector because of its ability to grow beyond the traditional telco services into cyber security, Big Data analytics as well as digital marketing.

"We also expect it to be the least affected by the emergence of a fourth mobile operator in Singapore," said the broker.

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