The Straits Times Index (STI) ended -12.94 points lower or -0.38% to 3404.57, taking the year-to-date per- formance to +1.17%.
The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index declined -0.84% while the FTSE ST Small Cap Index declined -0.42%. The top ac- tive stocks were SingTel (-1.68%), DBS (+0.31%), Noble (-5.21%), Keppel Land (+0.22%) and OCBC Bank (- 0.10%).
The outperforming sectors today were represented by the FTSE ST Consumer Services Index (+0.43%). The two biggest stocks of the FTSE ST Consumer Services Index are Jardine Cycle & Carriage (-1.15%) and Genting Singapore (+3.78%). The underperforming sector was the FTSE ST Telecommunications Index, which de- clined -1.53% with SingTel’s share price declining -1.68% and StarHub’s share price declining -0.24%.
The three most active Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) by value today were the SPDR Gold Shares (-1.82%), iShares USD Asia HY Bond ETF (-0.57%), IS MSCI India 100 (-2.57%).
The three most active Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by value were Ascendas REIT (-1.59%), Capita- Mall Trust (-1.42%), CapitaCom Trust (-1.68%).
The most active index warrants by value today were HSI25000MBeCW150429 (-6.45%), HSI24200M- BePW150429 (unchanged), HSI23600MBePW150429 (-2.48%).
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, recovering some of the steep losses from the previous session. Monday also marked the 6th anniversary of the bull market, with the S&P 500 more than tripling since it hit the bottom on March 9, 2009. The Dow Jones Industrial Average outperformed other indexes gaining 138.94 points, or 0.8%, to 17,955.72. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.39% gained 8.17 points, or 0.4%, to 2,079.43.
The dollar weakened Monday as traders bought back pounds and euros at lower levels following sharp falls in the value of those currencies on Friday. The euro EURUSD, -0.42% rose off a 12-year low to trade at $1.0853, compared with $1.0844 Friday. The pound GBPUSD, -0.30% traded at $1.5126, compared with $1.5037. The dollar USDJPY, +0.49% inched higher against the yen, trading at ¥121.14, compared with ¥120.81 Friday. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.36% a measure of the buck’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, was flat at 97.63.
