Singapore shares began trading in the green as traders returned from a holiday-shortened week.

In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.2 per cent to 3,239.56 points after 139.6 million securities changed hands in the broader market.

In terms of companies to watch for today, we have  City Developments Limited. That’s after the property developer announced on Thursday that it had acquired a hotel in Osaka, Japan, for 8.5 billion yen (S$78.5 million). 

Meanwhile, from Keppel Reit replacing Olam Group on the STI reserve list at the start of business on the 18th of September, to a Goldilocks scenario in the US and Chinese stocks in Hong Kong jumping on further property support measures – more corporate and international headlines remain in focus.

On Market View, Drive Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked these developments with David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor.