3 Things You Need to Know About the Singapore Stock Market Today
Hi, Fools! Welcome to a brand-new week. Here are three things about the local stock market and investing in general that you might be interested in today.
1. The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended Monday at 3,320.67 points, down 5.85 points or 0.18%.
The biggest loser in the index was commodity firm, Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SGX: E5H). It pared 2.6% to S$0.37. Golden-Agri will be releasing its second quarter earnings on 14 August 2017 after
Golden-Agri will be releasing its second quarter earnings on 14 August 2017 after the market closes for the day.
On the other hand, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd (SGX: C07), was the STI component that climbed the most. It added 5% to S$42.09.
Last Friday, the firm made public its financial results for the first half of 2017 and you can read up on it here.
2. On top of Jardine Cycle & Carriage, the following firm released its earnings as well so do check out its coverage:
- Sarine Technologies Ltd (SGX: U77) – click here
3. My Foolish colleague, Chin Hui Leong, shared what he had learnt about SembCorp Industries Ltd’s (SGX: U96) utilities business in India from the conglomerate’s second-quarter earnings briefing. Click on the link here to know more.
Shares of SembCorp closed at S$3.12, down around 1.9% for the day.
