Singapore stocks slip as China indices weigh
Singapore shares opened higher but closed in the red on Monday (Jul 24), joining China’s key indices in red ink while the rest of the major Asian bourses registered gains.
$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index (.STI.SG)$ declined 0.4 per cent or 13.16 points to 3,265.14, with 14 of the 30 constituents including the banking trio finishing lower.
China’s fiscal conditions still face persistent challenges this year, especially from falling land sales revenue and troubled local government financing, said Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management. “So while stimulus mini is getting delivered, the deluge required to right the ship properly might not be coming down the pipe.”
$Aztech Gbl (8AZ.SG)$ was a mover against a sea of red in the technology sector. Its share price soared 12.1 per cent or S$0.085 to S$0.785, after the company announced earnings of S$29.5 million for Q2 of FY2023 to June, a record quarterly profit.
Geoff Howie, Singapore Exchange’s market strategist, pointed out the counter saw a trading value of S$3.7 million on Monday, up eightfold from its average trading levels in the year thus far. “Monday’s trading turnover for Aztech Global was the highest since it reported the previous net profit record in July 2022,” he said.
Across the broader market, 253 counters were up while 319 were down, with the trading turnover at one billion securities valued at S$765.4 million.
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