Singapore Stock Market: STI Technical Analysis & Forecast

Market Review for STI: Straits Times Index (STI) opened 0.3 per cent higher with STI advancing 9.12 points to 3,368.29, as gold prices stemmed a slump. STI ended 2.1 points or 0.06% lower to 3371.40. STI came off from its intra-day peak of 3375.97 and low of 3360.12.Singapore stocks inched up at midday on lack of direction and interest.

Singapore’s inflation rate remained in negative territory in June, although it inched up to -0.3 per cent from -0.4 per cent in May due to larger increases in the costs of services, food and private road transport. Singapore's annual consumer prices fell for the eighth straight month in June, an outcome that could give the central bank room to ease policy if economic growth disappoints.

STI Day Performance
Open	3371.12
High	3375.97
Low	3360.12
Close	3356.4
Change(Points)	-2.80
% Change	-0.08%
Volume	2292.0 M
Rise	187
Fall	230
Unch	390

Market forecast for STI: Straits Times Index is expected to take sideways in next rading sessions. It has its resistance level at 3387, if it breaks this level it might go further up.

STI LEVELS
Support 1	Support 2	Support 3	Resistance 1	Resistance 2	Resistance 3
3345	3288	3247	3387	3437	3473

Technical Indicators: RSI is slightly above center line at 53.841 and CCI is at 94.946. Difference line of MACD performed at 2.257 below its signal line which performed at -6.699.

Top Gainers			Top Losers
Scrip Name	CMP	%change	Scrip Name	CMP	%change
FUXING CHINA	0.55	25	HSI25600MBEPW150730	0.082	-26.79
STARLAND	0.18	21.62	EASTERN	0.168	-25.33
RAFFLES UNITED	0.171	13.25	OCBC BK MBEPW151103	0.091	-22.22
CEFC INTL	0.28	12	HSI26400MBEPW150730	0.193	-16.09
LOTTVISION LTD1	0.405	10.96	REGAL INTL	0.22	-15.38

Important Factor for today:-

• Falling Chinese stock markets and the Greek debt crisis have raised concern about demand, while the Iranian nuclear deal could lead to higher oil exports from the Islamic Republic.
• Oil product inventories surged to their highest since at least 1999, signs that markets are struggling with a supply glut that could prompt refineries in the region to cut rates.
• US home resales rose in June to their highest level in nearly 8-1/2 years, a sign of pent-up demand that should buoy the housing market recovery and likely keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates later this year.
• European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said creditor institutions were seeking to conclude talks with Greece on a third bailout in the second half of August.
• apan's economy is expected to expand at a slower pace in the second quarter than projected a month ago in the face of weak consumer spending and exports.
• China stocks rose sharply on Thursday, with the Shanghai Composite index up for the sixth consecutive session, led by blue chips, after the government reaffirmed its support for the market.
• European bonds rallied after Greece's parliament approved a second set of creditor-imposed reforms.
• Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday pledged his government would never allow banks to seize the primary residences of Greeks as parliament prepared to vote on a bill that toughens rules on foreclosures.
• South Korea's economy slowed in the second quarter, with consumer spending stifled by an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) and exports failing to lift from a lengthening slump.
• Oil prices were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with WTI stuck below US$50 a barrel after a rise in US stockpiles added to concerns over a supply glut, analysts said.
• Gold's fallen out of favor with investors as the Federal Reserve prepares to increase borrowing costs, boosting the dollar.
• Ringgit fell the most in more than two weeks as a decline in commodity prices erodes the outlook for Malaysia’s export earnings.
• Oil prices fell on Wednesday after US government data showed higher crude stockpiles, adding to concerns about a global supply glut.

SGX Singapore: STI Technical Analysis

Market Review for STI: Singapore share prices opened stronger, with the STI up 9.94 points or 0.3 per cent to 3,342.88, ahead of an emergency meeting of European leaders and finance ministers on Greece. STI came off from its intra-day peak of 3346.48 and low of 3340.93. Volume amounted to 716.4 million shares.
Singapore shares traded sideways, against a backdrop of mixed performance from other Asian bourses. Meanwhile, mainland Chinese markets extended declines as investors wind down margin trades. Singapore shares continued to dither between gains and losses, amid a mixed performance in other Asian bourses.
Singapore will provide advance estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter at 8 am on July 14. Singapore Exchange welcomes Noble's decision to carry out a review of its mark-to-market models and valuations as this will address and help bring closure to questions raised by the market on this issue.

STI Day Performance
Open	3342.20
High	3346.48
Low	3327.70
Close	3340.93
Change(Points)	+7.99
% Change	+0.24%
Volume	1171.9 M
Rise	172
Fall	210
Unch	433

Market forecast for STI: STI is expected to take side ways trend. If it breaks its resistance level of 3360, it might take bearish trend.

STI LEVELS
Support 1	Support 2	Support 3	Resistance 1	Resistance 2	Resistance 3
3317	3290	3262	3361	3387	3465

Technical Indicators: RSI is below the center line at 48.959 CCI is at 53.416. Difference line of MACD performed at --13.482 below its signal line which performed at -20.333.

Top Gainers			Top Losers
Scrip Name	CMP	%change	Scrip Name	CMP	%change
CITYDEV	9.9	2.38	ASCENDAS REIT	2.44	-2.58
COMFORTDELGRO	3.02	1.17	CAPITALAND	3.53	-2.23
DBS	20.98	0.99	CAPITAMALL TRUST	2.19	-1.3
GENTING SING	0.905	0.97	CITYDEV	9.9	-1.23
GLOBAL LOGISTIC	2.51	0.92	COMFORTDELGRO	3.02	-0.8

Important Factor for today:-

• Malaysia plans to cut more subsidies and move billions of dollars in government employee housing loans off its balance sheets to bolster its fiscal position, even as a growing scandal threatens Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ability to implement potentially unpopular policies.
• China’s stocks fell early Tuesday, casting doubt on the potency of Beijing’s aggressive rescue efforts, while investors elsewhere in Asia appeared to shrug off concerns over Greece’s debt situation.
• Athens stock exchange will remain closed until Wednesday, the Greek Capital Markets Commission said, in line with the closure of the country's banks as Greece races to avert bankruptcy and remain in the euro.
• European shares steadied on Tuesday after slipping in the previous session, with investors focussed on crunch talks over the Greek debt crisis at a euro zone summit later in the day.
• Indonesia's government will not introduce new taxes or raise existing ones this year in order to achieve its revenue collection target, a finance ministry official said on Tuesday, raising prospects of a wider fiscal deficit unless spending is cut.
• European stock and bond markets steadied on Tuesday before a euro zone leaders summit to discuss the Greek debt crisis while a further fall in Chinese shares reminded investors of other dark clouds on the horizon. Oil recovered some ground after Monday's stomach-churning selloff prompted by Greeks' overwhelming rejection of the terms of a bailout deal and the Chinese stock markets turmoil.
• Japanese stocks came bouncing back Tuesday morning, shrugging off foreign selling and a negative cue from the U.S. to focus instead on stock-positive drops for oil and the yen.
• Oil futures sank to their lowest settlement in nearly three months Monday, as traders fretted the fallout from Greek turmoil as well as a potential Iranian nuclear deal, which may result in a flood of millions of barrels of oil to global supplies.

Singapore Stock Market Technical Analysis Report 11 May

Market Review for STI: Singapore shares are likely to head higher on the back of Wall Street's rally last Friday fuelled by a positive April US payrolls report.

 The US unemployment rate fell to 5.4%, the lowest since May 2008.China's decision on Sunday to cut interest rates - the third reduction in six months - to support the world's second-largest economy is also expected to underpin investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5% to 18,191.11, the S&P 500 climbed 1.4% to 2,116.10 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.2% to 5,003.55.

Market forecast for STI: STI has taken rebound we may expect bullish trend in STI.
Technical Indicators: RSI is at 49 and CCI is at -74.
ECONOMIC FACTORS:

• Asian stocks rise after China rate cut, US payrolls.
• Vallianz's Q1 profit rises 5% to US$4.97m.
• Crude-oil bulls threatened as shale patch revives drilling plans.
• Dollar suffers as reflation trade transforms losers into winners.
• Asian bankers face US$43b dead deals after oil plunge.
• Nuclear power generation in Japan will cost 10.3 yen per kilowatt hour or more by 2030, the cheapest among various power sources.
• Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments has offered to acquire Century 21 Hong Kong in a deal worth $1 million.
• The US$5.3-trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market has a new buzzword: reflation. "This could bode for a weaker US dollar across the board."
• Saudi Arabia opening its US$568 billion stock exchange to foreigners.
• Nuclear power generation in Japan will cost 10.3 yen per kilowatt hour or more by 2030, the cheapest among various power sources.
• Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments has offered to acquire Century 21 Hong Kong in a deal worth $1 million.

SGX Singapore : STI Trading Analysis and Signals

Market Review for STI: Shares edged down and the Straits Times Index (STI) was 5.9 points or 0.17 per cent lower at 3,476.80 despite Wall Street's climb overnight. Shares were still mostly lower as investors cashed out on stocks that went ex-dividend and digested various earnings reports before planning their next move.
Market forecast for STI:We may expect STI will touch 3440 after that it will take rebound.
Technical Indicators: RSI is at 47 and CCI is at -87.
ECONOMIC FACTORS:

• Oil prices edged lower in thin Asian trade as concerns over a global supply glut persisted, with few fresh leads for dealers to track.
• SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector contracted for a fifth consecutive month in April, according to the latest purchasing managers' index (PMI).
• Indonesia's economic growth in the first quarter slumped to its weakest annual pace since 2009, hurt by slowing demand from major export partners and a drop in global oil prices, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. 
• Gold retained overnight gains on Tuesday but was stuck below US$1,200 an ounce as investors waited on US nonfarm payrolls later in the week for clues on when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates.
• KENCANA Agri will report a net loss for the three months ended March 31, the palm oil producer announced late on Monday.
• Noble Group has brought forward its first-quarter results announcement by two days, but the Asian commodity trading giant under attack from a research firm over alleged improper accounting did not give a reason for the move.