Singapore shares slipped when trading began today, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street amid fears that the US Federal Reserve would keep interest rates high longer than needed.
The Straits Times Index headed down 0.4 per cent to 3,373.51 points in early trade after 56.9 million securities changed hands.
Some notable names seeing developments today include the Singapore Exchange, which reported a 30.1 per cent increase in net profit for the first half of FY2023 today. But what does the performance mean for the exchange?
Another company to watch is Keppel Corp, which said yesterday that a unit of Keppel Land is selling its 100 per cent stake in its investment holding unit Willowville for US$5.5 million. How significant is this move though?
On Market View, the Drive Time team posed these questions to Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital.