Morning Highlights

Singapore market opened slightly higher, with STI up 13.04 points to 2894.40. However, market back peddled early gains, and traded lower after 09:30…

Other Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Monday, but gains were modest. Investors will be watching the Fed’s policy statement on Tuesday. The central bank is widely expected to leave rates unchanged near zero, and retain its commitment to leave rates on hold for a while.

Corporate Announcements

  1. Ezra announced that it has a new subsidiary company, Bayu Intan Nigeria and a new wholly-owned subsidiary company, Emas Subsea Services (in Singapore).
  2. Keppel Land announced that it has terminated a joint venture agreement with An Phu Corporation to develop condominiums in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City

News Updates:

  1. Hong Kong Chinese car and battery maker BYD Co gained after posting a forecast-beating quarterly profit.
  2. U.S stocks fell, pulling the S&P 500 index down from a 17 month high, as a drop in consumer confidence overshadowed an unexpected increase in retail sales.
  3. U.S. retail-sales growth of 0.3% for February marked by broad-based gains‏.
  4. U.S. consumer-sentiment gauge dips in March‏.
  5. Japan’s Cabinet Office March Economic Report will be  released this morning on 15/03/10

Quick Picks: Here is a quick pick screen that we have designed to pick out potential stocks, both Bullish and Bearish. These are measured with emphasis on larger changes in price and volume. 

Bullish Stocks (Singapore)

Symbol

Name

Entry

SL

TSL

TP

Remarks
1 GPAK Goodpack Ltd 1.58 1.46   1.70  
2 SIAE SIA Engineering Co Ltd 3.72 3.55 3.89
3 SCOF Super Coffeemix 0.755 0.67 0.84
4 HWHS Hwa Hong Corp 0.60 0.57 0.63  
5 HBEE Ho Bee Investments 1.86 1.75 1.97  
6 CSES CSE Global 0.975 0.935   1.02  
7 WLIL Wilmar International 6.96 6.70 7.22
8 HKLD Hong Kong Land 4.98 4.81 5.15  
9 IFAR Indofood Agri Resources 2.38 2.16   2.60  
10 QMDT Q & M Dental Group 0.585 0.53 0.64
11 GAGR Golden Agri Resources 0.605 0.55 0.66  
12 NOBG Noble Group 3.46 3.30 3.62
13 EZRA Ezra Holdings 2.46 2.37 2.55
14 NEPS Neptune Orient Lines 2.03 1.94 2.12
15 SWBR Swiber Holdings 1.14 1.06 1.22
16 BANY Banyan Tree Holdings 0.77 0.735 0.805  
17 CapitaMall Asia 2.42 2.35 2.52  

Stock Prices last updated at 17.05 (Singapore Time)

Afternoon Highlights

Market is drifting aimlessly in light volume…

  • Long Cheer broke out high of 0.64
  • ECS broke out high of 0.545.
  • Singapore January Retail Sales grew 2.3% yoy, following a decline of 4.9% in December. The decrease for December was revised from 5%. January’s growth was larger than the consensus forecast of 1.1%. (Read Full)
  • Singapore Technologies Telemedia will pay RM1 billion for a 33% stake in U Mobile Sdn Bhd, including subscribing to a rights issue by the Malaysian 3G mobile services provider.

News Updates:

  1. India Feb WPI inflation at 9.89%
  2. Hong Kong shares ended lower for a second straight session on Monday, dragged down by weak mainland shares. China Shenhua Energy retreated after reporting a quarterly profit that was below expectations.

In Summary,

Market finished lower after 5 consecutive of up days upon facing the challenge at 2900 resistance, and on cue of Hong Kong’s loss on weak mainland shares. High chance that we will see market consolidates from here before re-exerting strength to challenge 3000 level.

Index down 7.03 points to close at 2874.33, with 1.0273 billion traded.

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