Singapore Market Highlights - 18 Sept, 2015
Market Highlights
- Singapore shares dropped 3.54 points or 0.12 per cent to 2,892.27 in the opening minutes of trading.
- After the Federal Reserve decided to leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday (Sept 17), a majority of Wall Street's top banks now expect the US central bank to begin hiking rates in December.
- The dollar decreases in Asian trading on Friday after skidding to three-week lows against the euro and a basket of currencies after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady.
- World oil prices dipped Thursday as traders weighed a Federal Reserve decision to keep its benchmark interest rate at zero, citing worries about global growth.
- Gold rose to a two-week high on Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it held US interest rates steady.
- Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A Reit) is looking to make its maiden acquisition of 26 logistics properties in Australia for A$1.013 billion from GIC and Frasers Property Australia.
- Silverlake Axis is buying SunGard Ambit (Singapore), or SAS, for US$12 million to expand its suite of software and services as well as deepen and broaden its customer relationships and geographical presence.
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