S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
Singapore stocks rose 36 points, or 0.6%, to a record high of 5,780 around noon on Thursday, extending gains from the previous session and tracking a rally on Wall Street overnight, buoyed by heavyweight tech stocks. The latest data also lifted sentiment, after a private survey showed Singapore’s private sector continued to grow solidly in August. Non-energy minerals, transportation, producer manufacturing, and finance mainly supported the broader index. However, traders anticipated the release of July retail sales data on Friday, after retail sales accelerated in June. Rising oil prices capped the gains amid heightened inflation concerns and reinforced expectations of an interest rate hike amid escalating Middle East tensions. Among the top gainers were DFI Retail Group (3.4%), Hong Kong Land (2.8%), Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (1.7%), DBS Group (1.3%), and OCBC (1.2%).
