The Singapore stock market is in focus today as we wrap up the first business week of 2023. Some market watchers may find the Singapore market a little boring with the benchmark Straits Times Index built on value stocks and bank stocks that are defensive in nature. 

But against the backdrop of higher interest rates and market volatilities, the STI bucked regional trend to gain 4.1% for 2022. So how should we go about investing in the Singapore stock market and which companies should we be looking out for?

On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital. 

They also discussed a variety of issues including:

• Standout performers for 2022 and companies to watch in 2023
• Expectations of reit performance for the new year
• Likelihood of more secondary listings in Singapore in 2023 after Comba Telecom System’s debut
• Spike in Creative Technologies shares