Singapore’s
benchmark Straits Times Index opened on Tuesday morning at 2,754.35
points, down 1.35 per cent or 37.57 points as overnight US losses
dragged down morning trading in Asia and ended 4.0 points or 0.14%
lower to 2787.90. STI came off from its intra-day peak of 22790.60
and low of 2740.36.
Singapore stocks were
down midday as commodity-related companies led a sell-off over
concerns of weaker raw materials prices amid China's economic
slowdown.
Singapore's
manufacturing sector continues to be a negative in the economy in
third quarter of 2015.
Singapore's full-year
2015 GDP growth to 2.2% from 2014's 2.9%. It had earlier projected
Singapore's 2015 GDP growth at 2.5%.
Singapore property
auction market saw S$27.6 million of deals in the third quarter of
the year, more than double the S$10 million seen in the second
quarter though slightly below the S$31.7 million seen a year ago.
Singapore dollar (SGD)
fell through S$1.43 on Tuesday, to a fresh six-year low, on increased
concerns over global growth.
Market forecast:
STI is expected to
consolidate. STI has broken the support level of 2757. STI has its
resistance at 2800. If it breaks this level it might go up to 2830.
Investor sentiments are cautious over the early rate hike of U.S. By
FED and slowdown of china’s economy.
STI LEVELS
|
Support 1
|
2733
|
Support 2
|
2715
|
Support 3
|
2700
|
Resistance 1
|
2806
|
Resistance 2
|
2830
|
Resistance 3
|
2860
|
STI
COUNTER SPECIFIC NEWS
Croesus
Retail Trust is acquiring Torius Property, a retail property located
in Fukuoka, Japan, for a purchase consideration of JPY8 billion
($95.2 million), through debt and equity financing. The
consideration represents a 3.7% discount to valuation of JPY8.3
billion.
Huationg
Global, the full-service integrated civil engineering solutions
provider, it has secured new civil engineering contracts worth a
total of $81.3 million.
Rex
International Holdings' subsidiary, Rex International Investments
(RII) will subscribe to one million new Lime Petroleum Norway AS
shares at a nominal value of NOK 100 per share for a total transfer
price of NOK 100 million ($16.8 million).
GLOBAL FACTORS AND WORLD
INDICES:
Hong
Kong stocks tumbled 3 per cent to a two-year low on Tuesday as
growing fears of a sharp slowdown in the world economy sparked heavy
selling, particularly in energy and commodity related shares.
The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 3.0 per cent
to 20,556.60 points, its lowest close since July, 2013.
The
Nikkei 225 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 714.27 points to
16,930.84 by the close, erasing all of its gains for the year. The
index is down 18 per cent since authorities shocked world markets by
devaluing China's yuan currency in mid-August.
European
shares fell for the second day in a row on Tuesday as weakness in
the commodities sector hit markets, though battered miner Glencore
halted its slide after a bruising sell-off on Monday. The
pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index and the euro zone's blue-chip
Euro STOXX 50 index both fell 1.6 per cent.
Malaysia's
ringgit fell, headed for its biggest quarterly loss since 1997, as
the relatively low level of import cover afforded by the nation's
foreign-exchange reserves makes the currency more vulnerable to an
emerging markets selloff.
The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered the benchmark repo rate - the
level at which it lends to commercial banks - to 6.75 per cent, a
larger cut than expected.
China's
foreign exchange regulator is stepping up its risk controls against
corruption, it said in a statement released on Tuesday via the
ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog.
Indonesia
will announce later on Tuesday the second installment of a stimulus
package aimed at supporting the rupiah and reviving growth in
Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Oil
traded below US$45 as investors await data that may signal the
strength of demand in the world's two biggest consumers.
Futures in New York were little changed after
falling 2.8 per cent Monday as China reported industrial-company
profits declined 8.8 per cent in August.