Asiaphos star performer of the day
Market CloseSingapore shares end weaker amid a slump in Asian markets
July 6, 2015 : 6:11 PM
Singapore shares closed in negative territory today, in line with broad declines among Asian bourses. Market sentiment was dampened after Greece rejected a bailout package from international creditors in a referendum on Sunday, leading to a depreciating of the euro against the US dollar as well as other currencies.
The Straits Times Index dipped 0.29% to 3,332.94.
Some 1.17 billion shares worth $833.1 million changed hands, compared with 1.27 billion shares worth $778.8 million last Friday.
Market breadth was negative, with 315 decliners compared to 114 gainers.
United Overseas Bank , Singapore Telecommunications, DBS Group Holdings , Global Logistic Properties , and CapitaLand (ended among the most active stocks in the market in terms of value traded.
Among top decliners, IREIT Global tumbled 11.5% to 73 cents. The REIT, which invests in office buildings in Europe, went ex-rights today. It has previously proposed an issue of 189.6 million new units on a renounceable basis to eligible unitholders at an issue price of 46.8 cents per rights unit to fund a property acquisition in Berlin, Germany.
ISDN Holdings plummeted 4.3% to 22.5 cents. The integrated precision engineering and industrial computing solutions provider announced that it is on track to jointly develop the 9.7MW Datara mini-hydropower plant (MHPP), which is estimated to cost US$20 million ($27 million) to build, with the regional government in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
CNA Group plunged 3.8% to 2.5 cents. Liulinxian Senzetengfei Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd (LSAI) and the master systems integrator have decided to terminate the non-binding memorandum of understanding pertaining to an acquisition of a 5% shareholding in LSAI by the latter.
Among gainers, AsiaPhos jumped 4.3% to 12.1 cents. The mineral resources group focused on exploring and mining phosphate announced that it will acquire the entire issued and paid-up share capital of LY Resources from Luo Yong, who holds a 50% equity interest in Mianzhu Dashan Mining Co., the group' s co-operation partner in China.
Tiong Seng Holdings rose 2.9% to 14.2 cents. The building construction and civil engineering contractor announced that it has on July 3 received the approval in-principle from the Singapore Exchange in respect of the listing and quotation of up to 459.6 million consolidated shares on the mainboard. Tiong Seng has previously announced plans to consolidate every two existing ordinary shares into one ordinary share, with fractional entitlements to be disregarded.
CEO Pan gave the wrong order to factory
~~ making Ang Ku Kueh!!!? ? ?
AWAS！
Market Close
Singapore shares end weaker amid a slump in Asian markets
July 6, 2015 : 6:11 PM
Singapore shares closed in negative territory today, in line with broad declines among Asian bourses. Market sentiment was dampened after Greece rejected a bailout package from international creditors in a referendum on Sunday, leading to a depreciating of the euro against the US dollar as well as other currencies.
The Straits Times Index dipped 0.29% to 3,332.94.
Some 1.17 billion shares worth $833.1 million changed hands, compared with 1.27 billion shares worth $778.8 million last Friday.
Market breadth was negative, with 315 decliners compared to 114 gainers.
United Overseas Bank , Singapore Telecommunications, DBS Group Holdings , Global Logistic Properties , and CapitaLand (ended among the most active stocks in the market in terms of value traded.
Among top decliners, IREIT Global tumbled 11.5% to 73 cents. The REIT, which invests in office buildings in Europe, went ex-rights today. It has previously proposed an issue of 189.6 million new units on a renounceable basis to eligible unitholders at an issue price of 46.8 cents per rights unit to fund a property acquisition in Berlin, Germany.
ISDN Holdings plummeted 4.3% to 22.5 cents. The integrated precision engineering and industrial computing solutions provider announced that it is on track to jointly develop the 9.7MW Datara mini-hydropower plant (MHPP), which is estimated to cost US$20 million ($27 million) to build, with the regional government in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
CNA Group plunged 3.8% to 2.5 cents. Liulinxian Senzetengfei Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd (LSAI) and the master systems integrator have decided to terminate the non-binding memorandum of understanding pertaining to an acquisition of a 5% shareholding in LSAI by the latter.
Among gainers, AsiaPhos jumped 4.3% to 12.1 cents. The mineral resources group focused on exploring and mining phosphate announced that it will acquire the entire issued and paid-up share capital of LY Resources from Luo Yong, who holds a 50% equity interest in Mianzhu Dashan Mining Co., the group' s co-operation partner in China.
Tiong Seng Holdings rose 2.9% to 14.2 cents. The building construction and civil engineering contractor announced that it has on July 3 received the approval in-principle from the Singapore Exchange in respect of the listing and quotation of up to 459.6 million consolidated shares on the mainboard. Tiong Seng has previously announced plans to consolidate every two existing ordinary shares into one ordinary share, with fractional entitlements to be disregarded.
China' s free-fall slows: IG -- Asia trading wrap
July 6, 2015 : 5:55 PM
Given the market' s reaction in China after the weekend initiatives, I am somewhat vindicated for my cautious view. However, this does not make me happy at all, and raises the question of ' what does China need to do to stem the bleeding?'
Depending on what you look at, the anticipated boost to blue-chip counters was not as even as expected, which perhaps in hindsight should not come as a surprise in the infamous Chinese volatility. The Shanghai Composite fluctuated within a 400-450-bp range , touching as low as &ndash 0.9%, before closing at 2.4%. We' ve seen financials and property counters leading a recovery in A-shares in late Asia. However, if you look at China A50, the rebound was quite strong. Given that much of the firepower is concentrated on larger-cap stocks, investors are naturally more confident with holding them. The same cannot be said about the small-caps. At one point, the ChiNext fell over 7%, before some good bids filter through towards the end of Monday' s session. The Index closed down 4.3%.
Some of the resistance capping a rally in Chinese equities probably originated from net foreign selling through the stock connect. As of 2.00 pm SGT, net selling of Shanghai stocks through the trading link reached CNY 11 billion, ($2.4 billion). The broader picture is that the market, dominated by retail investors, remains sceptical about those measures. Influencing a shift in market sentiment through policy action is a slower moving ship, but I don' t think it will stop Beijing or the financial sector from trying stronger initiatives. Still , it remains to be seen if the latest string of measures may work.
I feel that we could see a two-tier equity market in the near term, where the blue chips will benefit from the various measures, while the small caps will suffer as traders become disillusioned over their sky-high valuations. The P/E ratio of Letong Chemical, a company producing printer inks and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, nose-dived to around 6,200-6,300 as of 6 July 2015, compared to 9,560 a week ago, on 30 June 2015. It is likely that the authorities will support larger caps, rather than trying to ' rescue' the penny stocks. Central Huijing Investment, a state-owned investment firm, said on Sunday it has recently bought ETFs that track major stock indices and will continue to do so, confirming rumours that the government is stepping in to shore up the stock market.
Meanwhile, the latest Chinese measures to arrest a stock collapse created collat eral damages. Hong Kong stocks were dragged down by a huge selloff in H-shares, with the Hang Seng Index testing below 25,000 at one point. The mainland brokerages' valiant endeavour to support the Chinese stock markets affected investors' views of their profitability. The H-share prices of Citic Securities plunged over 8%, as of 3.47pm SGT. Moreover, global jitters resulting from the Greek ' no' vote could have also spread to sentiments in Hong Kong. In fact, most of the Asian stock markets were in a sea of red, with the Nikkei and the ASX ending 2.1% and 1.1% lower respectively.
Markets still complacent about Greece?
The reaction to Greece' s ' no' answer in global markets appeared less aggressive than expected. Yes, there are some investors flocking to safe-haven assets, such as treasuries, JPY, and USD, but by and large, the fear has not turned into panic. This complacency could be worrying. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index fell almost 11% in a two-month period, since mid-April. In contrast, the Index tumbled 25% within July-September 2011, over concerns that Greece will default on its loans.
EUR/USD was also quite resilient, supported above 1.10. The market seemed to like the fact that Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis has resigned from his position. What was surprising is the drop in the one-week implied volatility, from 15.5 last Friday, to 14.1 today. Perhaps investors are more confident of a deal in the days ahead. Traders would have their heads wrapped around tonight' s ECB discussion on the ELA aid for Greek banks. A suspension of emergency liquidity will effectively mean an end for the Greek banking system, so this is quite unlikely.
What is important will be ECB commentary going forward, since it is quite clear that it cannot support the Greek banks indefinitely.
Prospects for a Grexit scenario certainly have increased significantly after the referendum. Credit Suisse priced in a 75% likelihood of that happening. Opinion polls in Greece leans heavily towards staying in the EMU, so how Greece reconcile the ' no' -sayers and EMU membership will be critical.
anyone dare to long the US? super strong ...
HSI ozzing massive blood............
Noon Market
Singapore shares post losses amid weaker Asian markets
July 6, 2015 : 1:21 PM
Singapore shares continued to trade in negative territory, with slides in other Asian bourses. Meanwhile, the euro depreciated against the US dollar after Greece' s rejection of austerity measures sent the euro-zone into a tumult.
At 12:37 pm (0437 GMT), the Straits Times Index slipped 0.79% to 3,316.24.
Market breadth was negative, with 259 decliners as compared to 71 gainers.
The Straits Times Index came off from its intraday peak of 3,322.39 and low of 3,309.48.
Volume amounted to 470 million shares worth $ 386.1 million changing hands.
United Overseas Bank , Global Logistic Properties , Singapore Telecommunications, DBS Group Holdings , and CapitaLand were among the most active stocks in the market.
Among top decliners, IREIT Global tumbled 12.7% to 72 cents. The REIT, which invests in office buildings in Europe, went ex-rights today. It has previously proposed an issue of 189.6 million new units on a renounceable basis to eligible unitholders at an issue price of 46.8 cents per rights unit to fund a property acquisition in Berlin, Germany.
CNA Group plunged 3.8% to 2.5 cents. Liulinxian Senzetengfei Aluminium
Industry Co., Ltd (LSAI) and the master systems integrator have decided to terminate the non-binding memorandum of understanding pertaining to an acquisition of a 5% shareholding in LSAI by the latter.
AsiaPhos traded flat at 11.6 cents. The mineral resources group focused on exploring and mining phosphate announced that it will acquire the entire issued and paid-up share capital of LY Resources Pte. Ltd. from Mr. Luo Yong, who holds a 50% equity interest in Mianzhu Dashan Mining Co., Ltd, the group' s co-operation partner in China.
Among gainers, Tiong Seng Holdings surged 5.1% to 14.5 cents. The building construction and civil engineering contractor announced that it has on July 3 received the approval in-principle from the Singapore Exchange in respect of the listing and quotation of up to 459.6 million consolidated shares on the mainboard. Tiong Seng has previously announced plans to consolidate every two existing ordinary shares into one ordinary share, with fractional entitlements to be disregarded.
There were no stocks that went ex-dividend today.
Entering the market now will lose you commission as there is no play yet.
So unless you have inside information on the next move of a counter, don' t waste commission on your trades. Use the money to donate to the deserving poor. You can find them through friends and neighbours. Lol..
Is Singapore a FA market or is it a TA market? Which one can be depended upon more?
China&rsquo s stock index futures jump in Singapore on more measures
July 6, 2015 : 9:36 AM
China' s stock-index futures surged in Singapore as the government intensified measures to shore up equities.
FTSE China A50 Index futures for July delivery jumped 5.7% in Singapore at 9:03 am China suspended initial public offerings, while brokerages pledged to buy shares and the central bank said it would provide liquidity for margin trading.
" All these measures are looking good to trigger some fresh buying interest for the market to stage a rebound," said Linus Yip, a Hong Kong-based strategist at First Shanghai Securities Ltd. " At the current level, the Shanghai index should get some decent support. '
Twenty-eight companies halted their IPOs, according to filings to the nation' s two exchanges Saturday. A group of 21 brokerages led by Citic Securities Co. will invest at least 120 billion yuan ($ 24.7 billion) in a stock-market fund, the Securities Association of China said the same day. Executives from 25 mutual funds vowed to buy shares and hold them for at least a year, according to an industry group association.
The weekend announcements come as the government battles to restore faith among the nation' s 90 million individual investors after a slew of measures by regulators, including a pledge to investigate market manipulation, failed to stem declines. The Shanghai Composite Index has tumbled 29% in the previous three weeks, helping to erase US $ 3.2 trillion of value, on concern leveraged traders are liquidating bets after equity valuations exceeded levels during the country' s stock-market bubble of 2007.
Central Huijin Investment Ltd., a unit of China' s sovereign wealth fund, said Sunday it bought exchange-traded funds on the secondary market recently. The People' s Bank of China will offer China Securities Finance Corp., which manages the nation' s short selling and margin trading , liquidity support, according to a statement on the China Securities Regulatory Commission website Sunday.
Market Preview
Singapore market to open lower on Greece' s No Austerity vote
July 6, 2015 : 8:12 AM
The overwhelming Greek rejection of a bailout is likely to boost market uncertainly, weaken the euro and trigger a stocks selloff in the near term.
On Friday, The Straits Times Index climbed 0.45% to 3,342.73. Some 1.27 billion shares valued at $ 778.8 million changed hands.
The US market was closed on July 4.
Here are some stocks and factors that could move the market this morning:
Singapore Exchange reported growth in securities, derivatives and commodities activities in the month of June.
The traded value for securities was $ 25 billion, 20% higher on year and 8% higher on month.
Daily average value was $ 1.2 billion, 20% higher on year and 8% higher on month. Singapore Exchange closed 1% lower on Friday at $ 8.
Oxley Holdings said it sold to the rights to the ground rents for the units in Phases One and Two of the Royal Wharf Development in London, for an aggregate price of GBP34.5 million ($ 72.4 million)
Oxley Holdings last traded at 43.5 cents.
mm2 Asia, the producer of movies and TV and online content, is planning to issue up to about $ 2.9 million in convertible notes due June 30, 2017, to Phillip Asia Pacific Opportunity Fund to fund its acquisition.
mm2 Asia closed at 56 cents.
Viking Offshore & Marine announced it has secured a 48-month charter for a second land drilling rig system for US $ 31 million ($ 41.8 million).
Viking Offshore & Marine closed at 6.4 cents.
Otto Marine announced that subsidiary Surf Subsea Inc. has obtained a US $ 26 million ($ 35 million) term loan agreement from a US investment company whose identity was not revealed.
Otto Marine closed at 3 cents on Friday.
ISDN Holdings is jointly developing the 9.7MW Datara mini-hydropower plant (MHPP) with the regional government in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The plant is estimated to cost US $ 20 million ($ 27 million) to build. The project will be funded by a combination of debt and equity financing.
ISDN closed at 23.5 cents.
Q & M Dental Group said Shenyang Xin' Ao Hospital Management Co. has agreed to acquire a 60% stake in a dental clinic located in Panjin City, Liaoning province, China, for RMB 5.976 million ($ 1.3 million).
Q & M Dental closed at 71.5 cents.
Greece in crisis
Tsipras turns tables on Europe as Greeks reject austerity
July 6, 2015 : 7:34 AM
Greece voted against yielding to further austerity demanded by creditors, leaving Europe' s leaders to determine if the renegade nation can remain in the euro.
Sixty-one percent of voters backed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' s rejection of further spending cuts and tax increases in an unprecedented referendum that' s also taken the country to the brink of financial collapse.
As the euro dropped in Asian trading and Tsipras' s supporters filled Athens' s central Syntagma Square waving Greek flags, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for an emergency leaders' summit on Tuesday.
The result turns the tables on Merkel and Greece' s other creditors, who must now decide if a financial rescue of the region' s most indebted country is still possible. It significantly raises the chances of a Greek exit from the single currency, as the country' s banks run out of cash and its economy staggers toward all-out collapse.
&ldquo The bill for keeping Greece in the euro area -- without commitment to reform -- has just risen disproportionately,&rdquo said Mujtaba Rahman, the head of the Europe practice at political consultancy Eurasia Group. &ldquo The hawks in the euro group will win the debate that aid should be given to the country to leave the currency bloc.&rdquo
Back to Talks
The euro declined along with US index futures. Europe' s single currency slipped 0.7% to US$1.1037 as of 9:17 am Sydney time and Standard & Poor' s 500 Index futures slid 1.4%. Ten-year Treasury futures rose to the highest since June 1.
The Greek result reverberated quickly across Europe' s political establishment. Within hours of the first projections, Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a summit of euro-area leaders on July 7, with banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. saying a Greek departure from the euro is now the most likely scenario.
The European Central Bank is meeting Monday to discuss extending a new lifeline to Greek lenders, which have been closed for a week under capital controls that were imposed by Tsipras to stem withdrawals.
&ldquo Our immediate priority is to restore the Greek banking system,&rdquo Tsipras, 40, said in a speech after the result emerged. &ldquo I' m confident that the ECB fully realizes the humanitarian side of the crisis in our country.&rdquo
Restoring Dignity
The question is whether European leaders can negotiate with a government that has rejected their conditions for staying in the 19-member currency union, after Portugal and Ireland accepted similar measures and emerged from their own bailout programmes.
Tsipras and his Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, swept to power in January after campaigning to end crippling budget cuts forced upon the country by creditors and promising to restore &ldquo dignity.&rdquo
Five months of protracted and antagonistic negotiations followed and optimism for a deal toward the end of June was suddenly dampened when he called the referendum, putting an end to talks.
European leaders largely characterised the plebiscite as a vote on membership in the euro itself, though Tsipras insists Greece can stay in regardless and said he will return to the negotiating table.
&ldquo The mandate Greeks gave is not a mandate for a rupture with Europe, but a mandate of reinforcing our negotiating power to achieve a sustainable agreement,&rdquo Tsipras said.
Syntagma Party
Syntagma Square turned into a raucous street party on Sunday night as &ldquo no&rdquo supporters gathered to celebrate. Some danced to music playing from speaker phones, while others took selfies with the crowds in the background.
Waving a white-and-blue Greek flag, John Govesis, 26, said he and his whole family voted &ldquo no.&rdquo &ldquo I like freedom, I don' t need money from Europe,&rdquo he said. &ldquo This is the only way forward. I have a job, but maybe tomorrow I don' t.&rdquo
The country meanwhile is buckling under the strain of the capital controls and at risk of undoing four decades of integration with Europe. The economy has already shrunk about 25 percent over the past six years while the jobless rate is still the highest in the euro region.
Banks will struggle to re-open without significant new aid from the ECB, importers are concerned about paying their bills, and pension payments are being rationed.
&ldquo Although the situation is fluid, at this point Greek exit from the euro appears more likely than not,&rdquo Malcolm Barr, an economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London, said in a report to clients on Sunday. It could come &ldquo under chaotic circumstances,&rdquo he said.
Its going to be a turbulent day. But i think by late this week or next week, things will be more stable again as I believe the EU will already have planned for the Grexit scenario.
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-30/financial-markets-call-greece-s-bluff?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content& utm_content=559895f804d301094b000001& utm_medium=trueAnthem& utm_source=facebook
Markets aren' t following Tsipras' s script.
Financial Markets Call Greece' s Bluff
By Mark Gilbert
