Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.5%

Find out what the most active stocks were.

The Straits Times Index ended 16.22 points higher or 0.47% to 3434.24 yesterday, taking the year-to-date performance to +2.05%.

The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index gained +0.09% while the FTSE ST Small Cap Index declined -0.16%. The top active stocks were DBS (+0.26%), SingTel (+0.24%), Keppel Corp (-0.92%), CapitaMall Trust (-0.46%) and HPH Trust USD (+1.46%).

The outperforming sectors today were represented by the FTSE ST Consumer Services Index (+1.64%). The two biggest stocks of the FTSE ST Consumer Services Index are Jardine Cycle & Carriage (-0.21%) and Genting Singapore (+0.02%).

The underperforming sector was the FTSE ST Utilities Index, which declined -0.76% with United Envirotech’s share price declining -0.92% and Hyflux’s share price gaining +0.56%.

The three most active Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) by value today were the IS MSCI India (-0.39%), SPDR Gold Shares (+0.08%), LYXOR China H 10 (+0.25%).

The three most active Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by value were CapitaMall Trust (-0.46%), CapitaCom Trust (+0.85%), Ascendas REIT (+0.41%).

The most active stock warrants by value today were DBS MB eCW150420 (-0.78%), KepCorp MBeCW150602 (-9.76%), KepCorp MBeCW150901 (-6.96%).