Singapore Shares End Up; Hits 2004 High
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Singapore shares rose to fresh highs for the year Monday, with market sentiment buoyed by Wall Street&#39;s broad gains on Friday, traders said.
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Gains in U.S. tech stocks and increasing economic confidence pushed Asian stock markets higher on Monday, while a surprisingly large jump in Japan's current account surplus sapped the dollar.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday  as investors hoping for a year-end rally bought shares.
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Singapore's economy grows by 8.1% in 2004,  as a surge in manufacturing demand drove its best performance since 2000.
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Asian stocks rose on Monday, with  China&#39;s market surging to an all-time high and South Korea also  hitting a record, as a rally in metals prices lifted miners and  a stronger dollar boosted shares in Japanese exporters.
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Merrill Lynch confirms that it has sold shares worth $4.4bn (Â£2.2bn) to the Singapore's investment arm.
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Singapore Telecommunications , southeast Asia&#39;s largest phone company, said on Monday its mobile phone user base rose 7.7 per cent in September to 56 million, reflecting robust growth in regional markets.
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The S. & P.âs 500-stock index approached a six-year high as retailers rallied on the first sales increase since July.
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Shares in Hong Kong were mostly higher Thursday as gains by mainland stocks outweighed losses in property issues. The Hang Seng Index added 16.
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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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Asian stock markets ended broadly higher on Thursday as investors took their cue from a late rally on Wall Street.
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SINGAPORE  - Singapore's exports expanded by 17 per cent to a record high last year, riding strong demand from China for oil and commodities and on sales of electronics and pharmaceuticals to the United States and European Union.
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NEW YORK -- US stocks rose, sending the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index to its highest close in more than three years and erasing the Dow Jones industrial average's loss for 2004.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares rose Monday to fresh highs for the year, with market sentiment buoyed by Wall Street&#39;s broad gains on Friday, traders said.
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Singapore's economy grew by 8.1% in 2004, its best performance since 2000, trade ministry figures show.
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Chinese stocks rose to a fresh record high Friday as foreign currency shares rebounded from losses the day before.
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Philippine shares ended higher Thursday, with blue chip Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. , or PLDT, providing a boost after the strong overnight performance of its American Depositary Receipts, traders said.