Singapore shares rose by midday, led by shopping mall owner CapitaMalls Asia , but gains are likely to be limited as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting on Thursday.
By 1:31 p.m., the benchmark Straits Times Index was up 0.4% at 3,217.69, while the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4%.
CapitaMalls Asia, which is seen as a good proxy to China's economic recovery, rose 2.4% to $2.16. It is the strongest performer on the STI so far this year, rising 8.8%. Last year, it surged 71.7%, beating the benchmark's 19% gains.
Maybank Kim Eng said CapitaMalls will be a strong beneficiary from China's focus on growing its domestic private consumption as it has 59 shopping centres in the country.
Hongkong Land Holdings, which owns Hong Kong offices, gained 2.5% to US$7.38.
Shares of construction firm Yongnam Holdings rose 6.1% to $0.26, after it said its American depository receipts started trading on the OTCQX, which would allow it to diversify its shareholder base and improve access tonew capital markets.
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