Singapore shares moved lower today as investors looked ahead to a week of corporate earnings.

The Straits Times Index was down 0.25% at 4,250.35 points at 2.46pm Singapore time, with a value turnover of S$898.75M seen in the broader market. 

In terms of companies to watch, we have Singapore Airlines, after its chairman Peter Seah was redesignated as a non-independent director at the company’s annual general meeting on Friday. 

Elsewhere, from a trade deal reached between the European Union and the United States, to how Chinese AI firms are forming alliances in a bid to develop a domestic ecosystem and reduce dependence on foreign technological know-how – more international headlines remain in focus.

Also on deck – expectations ahead of big-tech earnings out this week from Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft.

On Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor.