Weekly wrap of STI: Straits Times Index (STI) opened at
2987.18 i.e., 31.24 or 1.05 % lowerand ended 92.13 points or 3.11%
lower to 2863.81 this week. STI came off from its weekly peak of
28987.18 and low of 2860.00.
Singapore
shares eased by one per cent on Friday, with STI down
29.17 points to 2,877.26 on early profit-taking and closed at
2863.81. Singapore market posted losses at midday.
Market breadth remained
negative. STI came off from its daily peak of 2893.12 and low
of 2893.12.
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STRAIT TIMES WEEKLY WRAP |
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OPEN
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2987.18
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HIGH
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2987.18
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LOW
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2860
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CLOSE
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2863.81
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CHANGE (In Points)
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-92.13
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% CHANGE
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-3.11%
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Companies in Singapore are positive
about their six-month business and trade outlook, with client
acquisition and international expansion being key drivers of growth.
Despite their long term focus on international opportunities,
Singapore companies are currently more bullish on achieving growth
domestically.
Singapore's Purchasing Managers' Index
(PMI) slipped further into contraction mode in August, dipping 0.4
point to 49.3, though the drop was not unexpected. Private-sector
economists had earlier projected a reading of 49.4, down from July's
49.7. A reading above 50 represents growth, while one under 50 points
to a contraction in the manufacturing sector.
Market Forecast for week ahead:
STI showed bearish sentiment this weak.
STI has broken its support of 2870. It has its support at 3840, if it
breaks this level it may fall till 2800. MACD shows a postive moment
next week as faster moving average curve has crossed slower moving
average curve. However, US monthly job data to be released on Friday
evening will impact market next week.
Weekly Technical view on STI
Sup 1
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Sup 2
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Sup3
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Res 1
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Res 2
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Res 3
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2852
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2805
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2760
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3000
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3050
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3116
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Technical Indicators:
RSI for this week is 20.471 with CCI at
-192.043. Besides, difference line of MACD -106.253 and crossed its
signal line -53.269.
STI COUNTER SPECIFIC
NEWS
Del Monte squeezes
Q1 loss to US$12m.
Sunlight Group was
not going through with the acquisition of Alexander Resource Ltd
(has become "technically insolvent").
Singpost completed the acquisition
of local self-storage facility operator Store Friendly Self Storage
Group for S$12 million.
Stats Chip outlook is now revised
to negative; 'BB' rating is affirmed.
CapitaLand's Ascott wins four
contracts in Asia.
GLOBAL FACTORS & WORLD INDICES:
Hong Kong
shares ended 0.45 per cent lower on Friday, bringing an end to
another painful week for the Hang Seng Index, owing to ongoing
concerns about the Chinese economy.
AUTHORITIES in
Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand have published a handbook to guide
companies that hope to offer securities across borders through a
streamlined review framework.
UOL Group,
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and SATS will replace Jardine Matheson,
Jardine Strategic and Olam International as constituents of the
Straits Times Index (STI). This comes after the conclusion of the
semi-annual review.
Japanese stocks
slipped to seven-month lows, with the Nikkei posting its biggest
weekly fall in almost a year and a half with speculators dumping
futures while investors stayed risk-averse ahead of the release of a
key U.S. jobs report later in the day.
Swiss consumer
prices fell in August by the most in 56 years, the strongest
indication yet of the pricing pressure from Switzerland's strong
currency and low oil prices.
Malaysia saw
exports in July increase 3.5 per cent from a year earlier as demand
for electrical and electronic goods surged, government data showed
on Friday.
Andy Hall, one
of the best-known oil traders who's bullish on prices, said the
decline in the oil market isn't a repeat of 1998 or 2008. The
absence of "extreme contango," which occurs when
commodities prices close to delivery are cheaper than those to be
delivered at later dates, suggests that "the world, whilst
moderately oversupplied, is not awash in oil.
Gold held
declines from a two-day losing streak on Friday, ahead of a crucial
US jobs report as traders waited for clues about the timing of a
Federal Reserve rate hike.
Oil prices
eased in Asian trade on Friday as investors turned cautious ahead of
US jobs data later in the day that is expected to play into the
Federal Reserve's decision on the timing of any US rate hike.