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Singapore shares rise on first trading day of 2026; STI up 0.2%
Ranamita Chakraborty - The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index climbs 0.6% or 8.24 points to 1,458.37
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Business Headlines and Stock Market News by Singapore Financial News Publishers
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Economists hold 2026 Singapore growth forecasts despite strong 2025 finish
Low Youjin - This year’s risks include trade policy uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and manufacturing normalisation
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MDDI, IMDA propose tighter approval process for M&As in media sector
Young Zhan Heng - This change and others aim to ‘further harmonise and refine’ the treatment of competition in the telco and media sectors, says a...
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Competition watchdog seeks feedback on SP Mobility’s purchase of fellow charging point operator
Therese Soh - The SP Group subsidiary intends to acquire ChargEco; the parties say the deal will not substantially lessen competition
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Civmec secures new contracts and extensions with combined value exceeding A$400 mil
Nicole Lim - Civmec Limited has secured a series of new contracts and extensions with a combined value exceeding A$400 million ($344.63 million). The A$400 million of new contracts and extensions are expected to be delivered across 2HFY2026 and FY2027, building upon an uplift in activity heading into the second ...
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Pan-United’s technology subsidiary to debut AI-powered operations management system for ready-mix concrete in US
Nicole Lim - Pan-United’s technology subsidiary AiR Digital Solutions will debut its AI-powered operations management system for ready-mix concrete at World of Concrete in the USA from Jan 20 to Jan 22. The AI solution helps to optimize and automate the operations of ready-mix concrete (RMC) producers, logisti ...
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Nanyang Polytechnic launches AI lab to support SMEs while training students
Nurdianah Md Nur - Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) has launched an AI Nexus Lab to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt artificial intelligence (AI) while giving students hands-on experience working on real business problems. The AI Nexus Lab aims to lower barriers to digitalisation for SMEs while giving lea ...
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RHB ‘slightly negative’ on Keppel Reit’s MBFC deal, advises switch to Suntec Reit
Shikhar Gupta - Meanwhile, DBS Group Research says office S-Reits offer ‘brightest prospect’ in 2026
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India approves electronic component projects worth $4.6 billion
Jan 2 : India has approved projects worth 418.63 billion rupees ($4.64 billion) from a host of companies to boost domestic manufacturing of electronic components under an incentive scheme, the country's IT ministry said on Friday.Global majors Samsung Electronics, Tata Electronics and Fox ...
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RHB maintains ‘neutral’ call on Keppel REIT but lowers target price to 98 cents
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - RHB Bank Singapore analyst Vijay Natarajan is maintaining his “neutral” call on Keppel REIT (SGX: K71U ) but is lowering his target price for the REIT to 98 cents from $1.05. According to Natarajan, Keppel REIT’s acquisition of an additional one-third stake in Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC ...
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Australia shares kick off 2026 higher as banks lead gains
[CANBERRA] Australian shares snapped a four-day losing streak on Friday (Jan 2), as investors returned to bellwether financials and lifted the index...
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Asia Pacific’s AI scale-up will put cyber resilience to the test
Nurdianah Md Nur - Asia Pacific’s race to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) is exposing a growing mismatch between digital ambition and cyber readiness. As AI becomes embedded across cloud, data and enterprise workflows, cybersecurity leaders are quietly shifting focus from stopping every attack to ensuring system ...
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Pandemic surveillance’s data problem meets a sovereignty-first approach
Nurdianah Md Nur - When the next pandemic emerges, experience suggests that coordination will impact how quickly countries respond. Global disease surveillance, however, remains shaped by national reporting, fragmented data and IT systems, and political caution. Traditional surveillance relies on case counts, hospital ...
6 hours ago
When change is the constant: Policies and politics to watch in 2026, at home and abroad
Elysia Tan - From Cabinet confirmations to potential confrontations, much lies ahead in the new year
6 hours ago
Indonesia to divert 75 trillion rupiah from state-bank placements
The funds are typically kept for the government’s liquidity needs, including urgent spending and budget deficit financing
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BOK’s Rhee says recent dollar-won levels do not reflect economic fundamentals
South Korea is expected to fund its US$350 billion US investment pledge mainly through the return of foreign currency assets
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Shares are higher in Asia in an upbeat start to the new year
TOKYO: Asian markets made a bright start to 2026 on Friday (Jan 2) but volumes were thin with Tokyo and Shanghai still closed as investors awaited fresh direction from Wall Street.Stocks had a bumper 2025, with the S&P adding 16.4 per cent, the tech-rich Nasdaq 20.4 per cent and London's FT ...
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Link announces interim leadership structure
The Edge Singapore - As announced on Sept 23, 2025, Link REIT confirmed the initiation of its interim leadership structure and its strategic direction. In the Sept 23 announcement, an interim leadership structure is in force following the retirement of former Link CEO George Hongchoy. The interim leadership structure co ...
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China lowers battery scrap import duty to aid recycling sector
The move comes after Beijing first relaxed restrictions on such imports from August
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BOK's Rhee says recent dollar-won levels do not reflect economic fundamentals
SEOUL, Jan 2 : South Korea's won weakened on the first trading day of the year on Friday even after authorities renewed their determination to stabilize foreign exchange markets following a package of measures to bolster the local currency.In his New Year speech, Bank of Korea Governor Rhee ...
8 hours ago
Bain Capital buying South Korean activewear firm Echo Marketing in $344 million deal
SEOUL, Jan 2 : Bain Capital is buying a 43.66 per cent stake in South Korea's Echo Marketing, which owns local activewear brand Andar, from its founder and another shareholder for 216.6 billion won ($150.14 million), Echo said in a regulatory filing on Friday.The U.S. investment fir ...
8 hours ago
Stocks make upbeat start to 2026; precious metals extend sparkling rally
[SINGAPORE] Stocks began 2026 on a positive note in holiday-thinned trade as investors braced for a year set to test the AI-led rally,...
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Vale Indonesia halts nickel mining on delayed work plan approval
HPAL capacity is set to expand significantly in the country this year, from six facilities to at least 14
9 hours ago
Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlunxin confidentially files for Hong Kong IPO
The Beijing-based firm has been valued at at least US$3 billion, according to sources
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Keppel Reit wanted more of MBFC, but Hongkong Land’s 20-day deadline hobbled gearing fix
Shikhar Gupta - After the S$1.45 billion sale of its Tower 3 stake, Hongkong Land pumped its remaining MBFC interests into a new Singapore private...
9 hours ago
AI chip designer Biren’s shares double on debut in Hong Kong
Meanwhile, debuts by Chinese chipmakers this year on the mainland have been far more impressive
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AI chip designer Biren surges 82% in debut after Hong Kong IPO
Debuts by Chinese chipmakers this year on the mainland have been far more impressive
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Oil edges higher following biggest annual loss since 2020
[SINGAPORE] Oil prices edged up on the first day of trade in 2026 after last year posting their biggest annual loss since...
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Full-year private property prices rise at slowest pace since 2020: URA flash estimates
Jovi Ho - Private residential property prices rose at a slower pace of 0.7% q-o-q in 4Q2025, compared to a 0.9% rise in the previous quarter, according to flash estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Jan 2. For the whole of 2025, private residential property prices rose by 3.4%, comp ...
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Samsung Electronics says customers praised competitiveness of HBM4 chip
[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics customers have praised the differentiated competitiveness of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, saying “Samsung is back”,...
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Precious metals kick off the New Year higher after a record-breaking 2025
Investors currently expect at least two rate cuts by the Fed this year
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China’s multi-asset funds dominate top performers as tech soars
Efforts in Beijing to drive more long-term capital into the stock market helped the rally
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The price honeybees may pay for biofuel
Biofuels also can be made from animal fats, algae, waste cooking oils or agricultural waste such as wood chips and straw
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Private home prices rise 0.7% in Q4, up 3.4% for 2025 in slowest gain since 2020
Jessie Lim - Prime Core Central Region prices see sharp fall of 3.2% against rest of island’s rises; landed prices up 3.5% in Q4