Singapore Shares End Dn; Hurt By 3Q GDP Data, Oil Prices
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares ended lower Monday, hurt by poorer-than-expected third-quarter economic data that added to ongoing concerns over high oil prices and Wall Street&#39;s weakness.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares ended flat Monday, although many Chinese stocks fell on renewed fears about corporate governance sparked by a newspaper report containing unconfirmed allegations about a businessman linked to Singapore-listed United
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Asian stocks slid on Monday on gloomy U.S. jobs data, bleak earnings prospects at tech firms and high oil prices, while the Australian dollar hit a six-month peak after the coalition government was swept back to power.
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(InfoWorld) - Singapore ExchangeÂ (SGX) warned investors not to rely on data provided for the Straits Times Index, one day after a computer inaccurately reported the value of the component stocks in the benchmark index. The incident is the latest in a string of computer-related problems to hit the exchange this year. "The Straits Times Index (STI) may not reflect fully the movement in its components. Market participants are advised not to rely on the figure until further notice," the exchange said on its Web site Thursday morning. However, the exchange soon issued another statement saying the problem had been resolved. "Straits Times Index correctly reflects the market prices of the components," it said. The STI is an index of 50 companies traded on the Singapore stock exchange and is a widely used barometer for how the market is doing. On Wednesday morning, a computer problem at SGX caused the STI's value to be reported incorrectly. "The index was 3,376.06 at the noon trading break, when it should have been 3,437.36, which was a difference of 1.27 percent," SGX said in a statement. Later on Wednesday, the exchange blamed the STI problem on a "computational error" and said the problem had been resolved. But the first statement from SGX on Thursday morning, advising traders and investors to not rely on the STI until further notice, indicated more work remained to be done. SGX executives were not immediately available to comment. The stock exchange has been hit by several computer glitches this year. In February and March, SGX had problems with its trading system, Singapore Exchange Securities Order Processing System (SESOPS). The system's display of order information slowed to a crawl under heavy trading volumes in February, and it was offline for more than an hour during trading in March. At that time, SGX said it planned to upgrade its trading system, which remains in operation.
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Leading shares closed modestly lower, ending not far from mid-afternoon lows as Wall Street put in a cautious morning performance in reaction to weaker than expected US data and a fresh rise in crude prices, dealers said.
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Stocks tumbled on Tuesday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 index to its biggest one-day slide in more than 3-1/2 years as a sell-off in China's equity market fanned worries that stock valuations there are too high and some data indicated U.S. economic growth may slow.
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The Straits Times Index closed 1.74 points, or 0.1 percent, lower at 2056.24. It fell as low as 2040.79 in the morning. Gainers, however, led decliners 184 to 162, while trading volume was 476.4 million shares compared with Friday&#39;s 492 million shares.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares ended slightly higher Friday after reversing an early dip, aided by gains in Singapore Press Holdings after it announced plans to merge some operations with a state-owned broadcaster.
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Asian stocks tumbled anew on Friday  after the latest salvo of sour signals about the U.S. economy  pummeled Wall Street, sending the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX)  sprawling 3 percent lower to a 15-month nadir.
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Business & money: Shares in London fall sharply following a plunge in Asia overnight amid growing fears over US economy
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Asian share markets fell on Monday  after oil hit a record above $55 a barrel, with investors  cautious ahead of earnings reports from bellwether firms IBM  and Texas Instruments later in the day.
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Oil prices have fallen 3 per cent after setting record highs above $US55 a barrel, as dealers took profits on signs that energy costs are hitting economic growth.
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Singapore shares ended slightly higher Friday in a session dominated by Singapore Telecommunications Inc., which fell sharply following news of a placement of its shares by parent Temasek Holdings.
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Stocks tumbled on Tuesday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 index to its biggest one-day slide in more than 3-1/2 years as China's equity market sell-off fanned worries that stock valuations there are too high and some data indicated U.S. economic growth may slow.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore shares prices closed 0.11 percent lower Tuesday as investors consolidated positions in the blue chips after recent sharp gains, dealers said.
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Technology stocks led Asian share  markets lower Friday after a retreat by their U.S. peers, with  investors cautious amid record-breaking oil prices and ahead of  U.S. jobs data later in the day.
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Exporters led a fall in Asian shares on Monday as oil prices set new highs near &#36;47 and data showing the U.S. trade deficit widened to a record raised fresh concern about the health of the world's largest economy.