Morning Highlights

Our Focus For Today Is On Small Cap, Followed By Property, Mid Cap and Commodity Sector

The Market started weak as led by Blue Chips; STI opened lower at 2863.46.  Local market is trading half day till 12:30 today, whereas Japanese financial markets are closed on today and Friday for the New Year’s holiday period. 

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News Updates:

  1. Dow industrials hits their highest close in 15 months, as key indexes notch their seventh gain in eight sessions. Nasdaq closes at its highest level since Sept. 3, 2008.

  2. GMAC Financial Services said Wednesday that it will get $3.79 billion from the Treasury Department as part of its plan to strengthen the company’s capital base.

  3. The share of global foreign exchange reserves held in U.S. dollars declined in the 3Q of 2009 even as overall world reserves swelled to a record $7.5 trillion, International Monetary Fund data showed on Wednesday . (Reuters)

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 CDLT CDL Hospitality Trusts 1.76 1.67 1.85
2 AEMN Ascendarsreit 2.11 1.97 2.25
3 SCGO SC Global Development 1.76 1.68 1.84  
4 E3B Wee Hur Holdings 0.59 0.545 0.635  
5 HIPI Hi-P International 0.745 0.71 0.78  
6 OTTO Otto Marine Ltd 0.425 0.375 0.475
7 COSC Cosco Corp Singapore 1.23 1.13 1.33
8 OSIL OSIM International 0.545 0.505 0.585
9 TIAN Tianjin Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical Group 1.09 1.02 1.16  
10 Hock Lian Seng 0.315 0.285 0.345 Overnight, Current Price at 0.325
11 HWHS Hwa Hong 0.54 0.49 0.59 Overnight, Current Price at 0.585
12 IFAR Indofood Agri Resources 2.20 2.06 2.34 Overnight, Current Price at 2.27

Here’s Our Mid Term Holding Opportunities:

Symbol

Name

Entry

SL

TSL

TP

Remarks

1 OCBC Overseas Chinese Banking Corp 8.83 8.15 8.55 9.51 Overnight, Current Price at 9.03
2 KLAN Keppel Land 3.38 3.14 3.62 Overnight, Current Price at 3.50
3 UTOS UOL Group 4.06 3.20 3.74 4.92 Overnight, Current Price at 4.07
4 DBSM DBS Group 15.48 14.34 16.96  
5 STEG Singapore Technologies Engineering 3.27 3.00 3.54  
6 IFAR Indofood Agri Resources 2.20 1.94 2.46 Overnight, Current Price at 2.27
7 NOBL Noble Group 3.29 2.95 3.63  

Stock Prices last updated at 9:07 (Singapore Time)

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