Tuesday 21 May 2013

Market Daily - 21 May 2013

US market was weaker overnight as talk about Fed tapering off. The weakness filtering through to Asia this morning as Asian ended mixed.

Given the strong rally in the equity market, a period of consolidation is always good. BoJ starts its 2 day policy review and Bernanke will comment on the economic outlook of USA.

The USD strength took a breather as USD trader weaker this am.

In Singapore equity markets:

Gainers:

- DMX Technologies open higher at 2.1% as it won $10.6m worth of contract from a Indo SOE
- Tehnics Oil & Gas also open higher as it wins S$3.6m leasing contract from a Malaysia customer

Loser:

- Keppel REIT open down 2.8% as it sells 180m units at S$1.555 to Goldman Sachs who stays bullish on the office space in Singapore.

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