Daily Summary 31 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow closed down last night.  Dow was -138 a 25987.

Trend of Dow is still looking up.  European bourses opened down.

Asian bourses closed mostly down.  Nikkei -14, ShanghaiC -12, Hangseng

-305.  STI closed -8 at 3218.  Volume was 2.3b shares.  Gainers were 177 to

200 losers.

Trend of STI is looking down.

Top volumes were KeppelDCReit -5, BlackGoldNatural +1, NicoSteel -0.1,

GoldenAgri +1, CacheLogTrust -0.5, RexIntl -0.1, ThaiBev -0.5, HPHTrust

+0.5, SingTel -3, AnchorResources +0.5, AlliedTech +0.3.

STI opened slightly down but was flat by mid morning. It closed for lunch

marginally down. After lunch it stayed that way till mid morning when it

slid down a little bit more to close at -8.

European bourses and Dow's future are down at this moment in time

Daily Summary 30 Aug 18

European bourses closed mixed last night.  Dow closed +61 at 26125.  Trend

of Dow is up.  European bourses opened down.

Asian bourses closed mostly down.  Nikkei +25, ShanghaiC -32, Hangseng

-260.  STI closed -18 at 3226. Volume was 2.2b shares. Gainers were 144 to

210 losers.

Trend of STI is weakening.

Top volumes were RexIntl +0.6, RichCapital unchanged, Ezion -0.1, SingTel

+6, Genting -1, Noble +0.3, Jiutian +0.1, YZJ +2, HPHTrust -0.5,

FalconEnergy +0.1

STI opened slightly up but started to turn negative after half an hour of

trading. It continued to slide down to close near day low for lunch, -25

points. After lunch it stayed at that level till mid afternoon before

pulling back some losses to close near day low at -18.

Blue chips were slightly weaker.  The general market was down.

European bourses and Dow's future are down at this moment.

Daily Summary 29 Aug 18

European bourses closed mixed last night.  Dow was +14 at 26064.  Trend of

Dow is up.  European bourses opened mixed.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei +41, ShanghaiC -9, Hangseng +65.  STI

closed -7 at 3241.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 164 to 171

losers.

Trend of STI is turning up slightly.

Top volumes were NicoSteel unchanged, RexIntl +1, Ezion +0.3, ThaiBev +1,

AusGroup +0.3, FalconEnergy +0.2, Genting +1, KrisEnergy +0.2, CWX +0.1.

STI opened slightly up but fell to negative after an hour of trading. It

then recovered slightly to close slightly positive for lunch.  After lunch

it hung on marginally up for a couple of hours before sliding down. It fell

further in the last hour to close near day low at -7.

Blue chips were slightly weaker.  The general market was mixed.

European bourses at still mixed at this moment while Dow's future is

slightly up.

Daily Summary 28 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow were up last night.  Dow closed +259 at 26050.

Trend of Dow is turning up again.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mostly up.  Nikkei +22, ShanghaiC -3, Hangseng +80.

STI closed +22 at 3248.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 178 to 195

losers.

Trend of STI is turning up.

Top volumes were NicoSteel +0.1, Noble -2.1, ThaiBev -1.5, RexIntl +2.1,

RichCapital +0.1, DISA unchanged, AlliedTech -0.2, YZJ +0.1, Ezion

unchanged. GoldenAgri unchanged.

STI opened up and reached a morning high at 3263 before closing slightly

lower for lunch. After lunch it slid down slightly and a bit more after mid

afternoon to close at -22.

Blue chips were mixed.  The general market was slightly weaker.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 27 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow were up last night. Dow closed +133 at 25790.

Trend of Dow is inching back up.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mostly higher.  Nikkei +208, ShanghaiC +51, Hangseng

+599.  STI closed +13 at 3226.  Volume was 1.1b shares.  Gainers were 196

to 161 losers.

Trend of STI is trying to turn up.

Top volumes were NicoSteel -0.1, ThaiBev unchanged, YZJ +1, SingTel -1,

Genting unchanged, GoldenAgri unchanged, Oceanus +0.1, Jiutian -0.2,

NamCheong -0.5, Ezion unchanged.

STI opened slightly up and then moved up higher. It stayed at +20 points

for the rest of the morning session. After lunch it held on to its position

but subsequently slid down after mid afternoon to closed slightly up but

near day low.

Blue chips were mostly green and the general market was also a bit firmer.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 24 Aug 18

European bourses down slightly last night.  Dow was -77 at 15657.  Trend of

Dow is flattening.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei +183, ShanghaiC +5, Hangseng -119.  STI

closed -35 at 3215.  Volume was 1.2b shares.  Gainers were 135 to 233

losers.

Trend of STI is slipping down.

Top volumes were Noble -0.5, SingTel -8, HPHTrust -0.5, NicoSteel

unchanged, Genting -2, ThaiBev -1.5, NamCheong +0.1, YZJ -1, Jiutian -0.1,

Ezion -2.

STI opened slightly down and then slid down further before recovering to

close for lunch -16 points.  After lunch it slid further down after an hour

of trading to close at day low at -35.

Blue chips were mostly in the red.  The general market was also weaker.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 23 Aug 18

European bourses closed up last night.  Dow closed -89 at 25759.  Trend of

Dow is still looking up.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei -56, ShanghaiC +10, Hangseng -137.  STI

closed +53 at 3253.  Volume was 1.5b shares.  Gainers were 194 to 172

losers.

Trend of STI is levelling after today's gain.

Top volumes were SingTel +20, Noble +0.9, Genting +3, ThaiBev +1.5,

NicoSteel unchanged, YZJ +5, Ezion +0.1, FalconEnergy +0.2, NamCheong +0.5,

AEM +2.5.

STI opened up and moved higher to close for lunch +46 points.  After lunch

it stayed at this level for most part of the afternoon only to move up

slightly higher at the last hour. It closed near day high at +53.

Blue chips were mostly higher.  The general market was also firmer.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 21 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow's future were up last night.  Dow closed +89 at

25759.  Trend of Dow is up.  European bourses opened mixed.

Asian bourses closed mostly up.  Nikkei +42, ShanghaiC +35, Hangseng +155.

STI closed -5 at 3200.  Volume was 1.1b shares.  Gainers were 164 to 185

losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were Noble +6.5, AEM -17, Genting unchanged, UMS +4.5,

NicoSteel unchanged, ThaiBev -1, Ezion unchanged, YZJ -1, SingTel -1,

CapitaComTrust -1.

STI opened down but moved up to close slightly up for lunch.  After lunch

it stayed slightly positive for most part of the day only to slide a bit

down to close -5 points.

Blue chips were firmer but the general market was weaker.

European bourses are still mixed at this moment while Dow's future is up.

Tomorrow is Hari Raya holiday.

Daily Summary 20 Aug 18

European bourses closed mixed on Friday.  Dow closed +111 at 25669.  Trend

of Dow is looking up.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mostly up.  Nikkei -71, ShanghaiC +29, Hangseng +385.

STI closed -7 at 3202.  Volume was 1.3b shares.  Gainers were 185 to 177

losers.

Trend of STI is looking down.

Top volumes were ThaiBev +0.5, NicoSteel unchanged, AEM +12.5, Oceanus

unchanged, GoldenAgri unchanged, Ezion -0.1, CapitaComtrust +3, YJZ +1,

SingTel -2.

STI opened marginally up and moved up a bit more to close slightly positive

for lunch. After lunch it drifted down throught the afternoon session to

close at day low at -7.

Blue chips closed slightly firmer. The general market was mixed.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 17 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow were firmly up last night.  Dow closed +396 at

25559.  Trend of Dow is seeing a first break up.  European bourses opened

mixed.

Asian bourses closed mostly up.  Nikkei +88, ShanghaiC -36, Hangseng +113.

STI closed -2 at 3210. Volume was 980m shares.  Gainers were 185 to 171

losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were ThaiBev -2, Genting +1, Ezion -0.1, YZJ -2, SingTel

unchanged, AlliedTech unchanged, AEM +6.5, GoldenAgri +0.5, AcesianPartners

unchanged, CWX unchanged.

STI opened up but started to slide down after an hour of trading. It closed

for lunch still +18 points. After lunch it continued to slide down to close

near day low at -2 after a last minute pulled back.

Blue chips saw more gainers than losers. The general market was mixed.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 16 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow were down last night.  Dow closed -138 at 25162.

Trend of Dow is going down.  European bourses open firmly up.

Asian bourses were mostly down.  Nikkei +9, ShanghaiC -17, Hangseng -224.

STI closed -16 at 3218.  Volume was 1.5b shares.  Gainers were 148 to 232

losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were Oceanus unchanged, YZJ +4, AEM +4.5, ThaiBev -1.5, Ezion

-0.1, Genting -1, SingTel +2, HoeLeong unchanged, NicoSteel +0.1,

CapitaMallTrust unchanged.

STI opened down but moved up to morning high at -4 by mid morning. It then

slipped down slightly to closed -18 points. After lunch it stayed at the

same level till mid morning when it slid further down to close near day low

at -16.

Blue chips were mostly in the red while the general market was down with

loser slightly more than gainers.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 15 Aug 18

European bourses closed flat and mixed last night.  Dow closed +112 at

25300.  Trend of Dow is looking down a bit.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mostly down.  Nikkei -148, ShanghaiC -57, Hangseng

-429.  STI closed -14 at 3229.  Volume was 1.4b shares.  Gainers were 174

to 218 losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were ThaiBev -2, Ezion -0.1, AEM +5, Genting -2, DISA +0.1,

Jiutian -0.2, YZJ -2, SingTel +3, GoldenAgri unchanged, CapitaMallTrust +2.

STI opened flat but fell and hit day low by mid morning at 3218.  It

recovered some ground to close marginally down for lunch. After lunch it

stayed at this level for most part of the afternoon only to slip a bit more

in the last hour of trading to close -14 at 3229.

Blue chips were slightly weaker.  The general market was down.

European bourses are up at this moment but Dow's future is down.

Daily Summary 14 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow were down last night. Dow closed -125 at 25188.

Trend of Dow is down.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mixed. Nikkei +471, ShanghaiC -5, Hangseng -184.  STI

closed-2 at 3243.  Volume was 1.8b shares.  Gainers were 191 to 186 losers.

Trend of STI is down.

Top volumes were JasperInv unchanged, Ezion +0.3, ThaiBev unchanged, DISA

unchanged, YJ +3, Noble unchanged, Genting +1, STEngineering -3, SingTel

unchanged, Wilmar +12.

STI opened flat but slipped to negative after half an hour. It closed

marginally down for lunch.  After lunch it started to turn up slightly and

was marginally up by mid morning. It slipped slightly back down to close

-3.

Blue chips were firmer. The general market was mixed.

European bourses and Dow are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 13 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow closed down on Friday.  Dow closed -196 at 25313.

Trend of Dow is turning down.  European bourses opened down.

Asian bourses closed mostly down.  Nikkei -414, ShanghaiC -9, Hangseng

-430.  STI closed -31 at 3254.  Volume was 2.2b shares.  Gainers were 157

to 248 losers.

Trend of STI is starting to go down.

Top volumes were ThaiBev -2, YZJ +4, MDR -0.1, CWX unchanged, SingTel -8,

Jasper unchanged, Ezion +0.1, Genting -2, SweeHong -0.1, CapitaComTrust

unchanged.

STI opened down and fell further to close at morning low. After lunch it

moved up a little and was at opening level by mid afternoon. It then fell

back again to close just off the day low at -31.

European bourses were mostly down. The general market was also down.

European bourses and Dow's future at this moment are down.

Daily Summary 10 Aug 18

European bourses closed mixed yesterday.  Dow closed -75 at 25509. Trend of

Dow is still looking a bit up.  European bourses opened down.

Asian bourses closed mostly down.  Nikkei -283, ShanghaiC +1, Hangseng

-241.  STI closed -40 at 3287.  Volume was 1.8b shares. Gainers were 154 to

224 losers.

Trend of STI is drifting down again.

Top volumes were AdvanceSCT unchanged, Eion +0.2, YZJ unchanged, ICP -01,

ThaiBev -2, CapitaComTrust -3, SingTel -6, CapitaLand +1, Oceanus

unchanged.

STI opened down and stayed down for the whole day. It hit a day low after

half an hour to 3273. It then recovered to stay at the same level for the

rest of the session at about -35/40 points before closing at -40 points.

Blue chips were mostly in the red.  The general market was also weaker.

European bourses and Dow's future are down at this moment.

Daily Summary 8 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow closed up last night.  Dow closed +127 at 25629.

Trend of Dow is up.  European bourses opened mixed.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei -3, ShanghaiC -34, Hangseng +110.  STI

closed -14 at 3326.  Volume was 1.8b shares.  Gainers were 145 to 211

losers.

Trend of STI is slightly up.

Top volumes were YZJ +8, ThaiBev -1.5, Genting unchanged, MDR unchanged,

Capitaland +4, Ezion -0.1, SingTel unchanged, HPHTrust unchanged, Synagie

IPO closed at 27.5, SingPost -3.

STI opened flat but slipped down quickly to negative before pulling back a

bit after mid morning to close off the morning low.  After lunch it slid

down slightly but recovered to close near day low at -14.

Blue chips were slightly weaker. The general market was down.

European bourses are still mixed at this moment while Dow's future is a bit

up.

Tomorrow is holiday.

Daily Summary 7 Aug 18

European bourses closed mixed and flat last night.  Dow closed +40 at

25502. Trend of Dow is looking up. European bourses opened firmly up.

Asian bourses closed mostly up.  Nikkei +148, ShanghaiC +74, Hangseng +429.

STI closed +59 at 3345.  Volume was 2b shares.  Gainers were 231 to 145

losers.

Trend of STI is turning up.

Top volumes were Genting -1, ThaiBev unchanged, Ezion +0.1, GoldenAgri

+0.5, YZJ +3, AEM +3, CapitaMallTrust +4, SingTel +3, SuntecReit +5,

CapitaLand +12.

STI opened up and continued to climb throughout the day. It closed at

morning high and moved up higher after lunch. It hit day high at 3348 by

mid afternoon only to pull back slightly to close at 3345.

Blue chips were mostly green. The general market was firmer.

European bourses and Dow's future are up at this moment.

Daily Summary 6 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow closed up on Friday.  Dow closed +136 at 25463.

Trend of Dow is holding on to its uptrend.  European bourses opened mixed.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei -11, ShanghaiC -35, Hangseng +143.  STI

closed +17 at 3283.  Volume was 1.9b shares.  Gainers were 162 to 181

losers.

Trend of STI is still looking down.

Top volumes were Genting -10, ThaiBev -2.5, YZJ -3, Jiutian +0.2, AEM -4,

AusGroup +0.4, ThomsonMed -0.1, GoldenAgri unchanged, SingPost -2,

AlliedTech -0.4.

STI opened up and reached a day high of 3305 by mid morning. It retreated

to close about 10 points from this level. After lunch it moved up a little

but slid back at mid afternoon to close slightly up at +3.

Blue chips were slightly firmer but the general market was slightly weaker.

European bourses and Dow's future are down at this moment.

Daily Summary 3 Aug 18

European bourses were down last night. Dow closed -8 at 25326.  Trend of

Dow is in early stage of turning down.  European bourses opened up.

Asian bourses closed mixed and relatively flat.  Nikkei +13, ShanghaiC -27,

Hangseng -38.  STI closed -20 at 3266.  Volume was 1.7b shares.  Gainers

were 138 to 235 losers.

Trend of STI is turning down.

Top volumes were Ezion unchanged, CapitaLand -3, Genting -3, GoldenAgri

unchanged, SingPost -3, Ntegrator +0.1, Vallianz unchanged, ThomsonMed

+0.2, ThaiBev unchanged, YZJ -1.5.

STI opened up but turned negative after half an hour of trading. It closed

slightly down for lunch. After lunch it slipped down gradually to close at

day low at -20.

Blue chips were weaker and so was the general market.

European bourses are up at this moment while Dow's future is slightly down.

Daily Summary 2 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow were down last night.  Trend of Dow is starting to

turn down. European bourses opened down.

Asian bourses fell sharply.  Nikkei -243, ShanghaiC -57, Hangseng -626.

STI closed -41 at 3288.  Volume was 1.8b shares.  Gainers 114 to 243

losers.

Trend of STI turning down.

Top volumes were Ezion -0.5, Genting -1, Jiutian +0.1, SingTel -1,

GoldenAgri unchanged, ThomsonMed -0.2, ThaiBev unchanged, CapitaLand -4,

YZJ unchanged, YZJ unchanged, AEM -1.5.

STI opened flat but fell to negative after an hour of trading. It closed

for lunch losing about 40 points. After lunch it stayed at this level for

the rest of the afternoon, only to close near day low at -41..

Blue chips were mostly in the red.  The general market was down with gainer

loser ration at 1:2.

European bourses and Dow's future are down at this moment

Daily Summary 1 Aug 18

European bourses and Dow were up last night.  Trend of Dow is up.  European

bourses opened mixed.

Asian bourses closed mixed.  Nikkei +193, ShanghaiC -52, Hangseng -242.

STI closed +10 at 3330.  Volume was 1.5b shares.  Gainers were 159 to 220

losers.

Trend of STI is up.

Top volumes were Ezion -0.2, AEM -24.5, Genting -1, AlliedTech -0.4,

Blumont +0.1, GoldenAgri unchanged, SingPost +4, YZJ -2, SingTel +1,

ThaiBev +2.

STI opened up but slipped quickly to negative. It moved back up by mid

morning to close marginally up for lunch.  After lunch it inched up a

little more and closed off day high at +10.

Blue chips closed mixed. The general market was slightly weaker.

European bourses are mixed at this moment while Dow is slightly down.