Market View: Apple reportedly developing a more conversational Siri assistant; Upgrade to Singapore’s full year GDP forecast; Japan’s inflation slows slightly in October, outlook with stimulus package; Thai Beverage’s full year net profit down 1% yoy and more

Singapore stocks started trading higher today as a better-than-expected quarterly gross domestic product and a higher forecast for this year boosted sentiment. 

That was even as the government downgraded expectations for exports this year.

In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) was up 0.3 per cent at 3,750.68 points after 46.9 million securities changed hands in the broader market. 

In terms of companies to watch today, we have Thai Beverage, after the beverage company posted a net profit of 27.2 billion baht (S$1.1 billion) for its full year ended September, a slight drop of 1 per cent from a year earlier.

Elsewhere, from more on the outlook for the Japanese economy, to how Apple is reportedly racing to develop a more conversational version of its Siri digital assistant, more international and corporate headlines remain in focus.

On Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Too Jun Cheong, Assistant Dealing Manager from Moomoo Singapore.