Singapore stocks opened weaker today following overnight losses on Wall Street, as weak US trade data weighed on investor sentiment.

In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) headed down 0.4 per cent to 3,186.34 points after 47.1 million securities changed hands in the broader market.

In terms of companies to watch, we have for you OCBC. The lender has priced S$450 million in perpetual capital securities at 4.05 per cent under its US$30 billion global medium-term note programme. 

Elsewhere, from Amazon’s Twitch reportedly set to lay off employees to key corporate developments out of the annual CES tech show held in Las Vegas, international headlines remain in focus.

On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Thilan Wickramasinghe, Head of Equity Research, Maybank Securities.