The Business Times, 2 December 2013

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  • 25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 085/08/2013 Monday, December 2, 2013
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  • 586 1  -  More than three-quarters of trading houses here won’t give bonuses this year amid market gloom By RONNIE LIM ronnie@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] There will be no merry round of “musical chairs” this year-end for oil traders here. On the contrary, quite a few have bailed
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  • 723 1 Fierce fighting in Bangkok leaves 4 dead, over 100 hurt Bloomberg AP [BANGKOK] Violence in the Thai capital turned deadly over the weekend, as an-ti-government protesters ratcheted up their campaign and mobilised thousands to oust embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government. Fierce fighting
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 57 1 Weekly Change ST INDEX 3,176.35 +3.50 KL COMP 1,812.72 +18.20 NIKKEI 225 15,661.87 +280.15 HANG SENG 23,881.29 +185.01 SET INDEX 1,371.13 +12.06 JAKARTA COMP 4,256.44 -61.52 MANILA COMP 6,208.82 +123.98 SEOUL COMP 2,044.87 +38.64 SHENZHEN B 881.09 +18.84 MUMBAI IND 20,791.93 +574.54 DOW 16,086.41 +21.64 NASDAQ 4,059.89 +68.24 S&P
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    • 21 1 SINGAPORE MALAYSIA MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG TAIWAN INDONESIA 14.415 TAIWAN BRITAIN JAPAN 1.475 KOREA SWITZERLAND BRITAIN 0.50 Source: Bloomberg
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    • 49 1 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.255 (US$/S$ per 1.633 2.049 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.361 1.707 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 102.30 81.50 RM 3.223 2.569 HK$ 7.753 6.180 BAHT 32.11 25.59 RUPIAH 11,977 9,546 RENMINBI 6.093 4.856 INDIAN RUPEE 62.52 49.83 A$ 1.099 0.876 NZ$ 1.232 0.982
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    • 115 1 TOPLINE Passion, synergy drive Koh Brothers PAGE 6 DINING OUT Hot off the grunge grill PAGE 19 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Making S’pore even more liveable and productive PAGES 12-13 YEAR IN REVIEW Transformation and thrills for the legal sector PAGE 4 CHILDAID CARNIVAL AT MARINA BAY SANDS Aerial acrobats,
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    • 26 1 BT WEBSITES For breaking news, go to businesstimes.com.sg. For personal finance stories, go to btinvest.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. *****1 11 *****4
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 988 2  -  STB is working to offer a collaborative and better-quality cruising product By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] Singapore is targeting to welcome 1.5 million cruise passengers by 2015, up from the 913,000 that sailed into the island last year, as it sets
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    • 821 2  -  Holiday sales, jobs figures are critical factors for market WALL STREET INSIGHT By ROB CURRAN THIS week is likely to decide whether the great 2013 rally finishes with a flourish. Stocks finished last week at record highs, with the Dow Jones Industrial
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    • 299 2 Oil traders end year on a whimper PHYSICAL oil volumes traded this year will be down 15-20 per cent, says an executive. Bunker trading volumes are also down 25-30 per cent. FRONT PAGE Thai protesters mobilise thousands VIOLENCE in Bangkok turned deadly as protesters ratcheted up their campaign
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    • 1085 4  -  The year has seen new QFLP licences granted to foreign firms, and host of scandals YEAR IN REVIEW: LEGAL SECTOR By MICHELLE QUAH michquah@sph.com.sg IT has been a highly eventful year for Singapore’s legal industry, on several counts: Bold moves were made to further transform the
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    • 823 4  -  The IR shares charity project skills with other organisations By LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] It has been a landmark year for Marina Bay Sands (MBS) as far as its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts are concerned. The integrated resort (IR)
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1059 6  -  CEO Francis Koh tells ONG CHOR HAOhow the firmhas managed to generate strong performances this year, despite costs going up TOPLINE ONG CHOR HAO ongch@sph.com.sg THE construction industry is in for a shake-up that could spell the end for some smaller or less-prudent firms, Koh
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    • 970 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By MICHELLE QUAH LISTED companies here are motivated by the stick, not the carrot, said a recent study. The findings were staggering: An overwhelming majority (98 per cent) complied with risk management disclosures when they were mandated by listing rules,
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    • 308 6  -  It will pay $17.1m for 81.82% stake in Shandong CNG firm By KELLY TAY kellytay@sph.com.sg INVESTMENT and telecommunications services firm Innopac Holdings has moved into China’s natural gas market, after a false start in 2011. Yesterday, it announced that it had
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    • 111 6 ENGINEERING cum real estate group Tee International on Friday established a $350 million multicurrency medium-term note (MTN) programme, the net proceeds of which will be used for general corporate purposes. United Overseas Bank has been appointed to act as lead arranger and
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    • 289 6 CLOSING PRICES* (EXCLUDING ACCRUED INTEREST) GROSS REDEMPTION YIELD ($m) NUMBER OF DAYS OF ACCRUED INTEREST INTEREST PAYMENT DATES AMOUNT ($m) COUPON RATE GROSS YEAR RAISED ISIN CODE MATURITY DATE 01.02.2014 N*****0H 2012 1/4 2900.00 1/8 1/2 120 99.98 0.36 SG**********
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    • 1763 7  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Ltd UYING was flat for the second straight week while the selling among directors plunged in the last week of November. Buyers outnumbered sellers with 15 companies that recorded 24 purchases worth $2.1 million
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    • 212 7 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Federal Int (2000) E 47 Genting Road 04-Dec 10.00am OUE Ltd E Mandarin Orchard S'pore Mandarin Ballroom III 6th Flr Main Tower 333 Orchard Road 04-Dec 10.00am Viking Offshore E 21 Kian Teck Road 05-Dec 4.00pm Artvision Tech E 16 Arumugam Road Lion
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 682 8  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent IT’S that time of the year when investment houses, banks and brokers start issuing their outlook for 2014. Only a handful have done so thus far, but one common theme seems to be emerging Western economies
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    • 457 8 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The yen has had the biggest monthly loss against the dollar since January on speculation that the fastest Japanese inflation in 15 years will lead Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to press on with unprecedented stimulus measures. Sterling rallied on
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    • 681 8 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Commodities mostly fell last week as traders reacted to geopolitical events in the Middle East, and particularly Iran’s breakthrough nuclear deal with world powers. Markets also ended the week on a subdued note amid Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday in
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    • 254 8 Nov 29 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China Agricultural Bank Of China ...5.50 Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 6.00 Bank of China Limited 5.50 Bank of Communications 5.50 .5.50 Bank of Taiwan ...5.50 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi .5.75 Banque Internationale a ...5.50 Barclays Bank PLC Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
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    • 949 8 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date AIMS AMP Cap (1 Jul-30 Sep 13) ct 2.750 01-Nov 05-Nov 18-Dec 23-Oct Ascendas Hospitality (10 Jun-30 Sep 13) ag 16.692 18-Nov 20-Nov 20-Dec 13-Nov Azeus Systems bo 10.380 21-Nov 25-Nov 04-Dec 18-Nov Boardroom Ltd ca 2.000 05-Nov
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    • 499 9 As a gift to the nation and in celebration of our 50th anniversary, we present the CDL Green Gallery. Developed in partnership with National Parks Board, this newly opened, eco-friendly building at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (SBG) is also Singapore's first zero energy Green Gallery. This unique Gallery boasts an
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 891 10  -  Far East hands over space for arts incubator for youth from low-income families to Old Parliament House By FELDA CHAY feldac@sph.com.sg IT was two years in the making, but construction work is finally set to start to turn 13,000 square feet
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    • Article, Illustration
      417 10  -  By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg Project Runway with a difference THIRTY cancer survivors and their siblings will strut their stuff come Dec 14 at Memories of the Old Ford Factory, flaunting clothes specially designed for them by fashion students from the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS). Project Runway
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    • SINGAPORE ROUND-UP
      • 53 10 THE Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) website saw two instances of duplication last week. Police reports were lodged in both cases, said MOM on its Facebook page. Yesterday, the ministry said that access to its website remains unaffected, and that there have been no reports of user
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      • 59 10 SINGAPORE has been invited to participate in the G-20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov 15-16 2014. The Brisbane Summit will be the ninth meeting of G-20 heads of state and government. Singapore looks forward to contributing to discussions in the G-20 on global financial
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    • 1501 10 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital Ind REIT 1.75 2.00 4 10.43 14.58 1.75 1.52 Amtek Engineering Ltd 3.00 3.50 2 0.05 7.78 0.51 0.48 ARA Asset Management Ltd 2.17
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    • 4 10 WEEKLY
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    • 73 10 Nov 29 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -267.00 -49.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +3.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -27.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 724.99 +0.90 FTSE ST Small Cap 535.32 -0.54 FTSE ST All Share 769.88 -1.73 FTSE ST China Top 199.96 -0.88 FTSE ST China 226.03 -1.22 FTSE
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    • 57 10 VOLUME Albedo 891,964,000 Vallianz Hldgs 334,958,000 KLW Hldgs 299,634,000 SingHaiyi 207,209,000 Innopac 201,156,000 Viking 199,689,000 Charisma Energy 185,508,000 HanKore 169,126,000 Golden Agri 165,281,000 Transcu Grp 164,608,000 VALUE($) SingTel 371,326,304 DBS Grp 235,378,831 Keppel Corp 177,127,795 UOB 172,300,990 Noble Grp 170,268,219 GLP 158,107,216 OCBC Bk 143,511,550 Wilmar 118,887,690
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    • 114 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6424 219.5 2.8 IS S&P500 ***** 195.6 0.9 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 5850 175.6 2.5 Lyxor US DJIA 10 US$ 1650 120.4 6.2 DBXT E50 10US$ 5130 112.9 1.8 Jardine C&C 3530 80.0 2.3 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2983 48.9 1.3 DBXT MSINDIA 10US$
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    • 126 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 7234 -329.8 -3.5 Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** -194.4 -1.2 JMH 5052 -193.1 -3.0 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1928 -77.8 -3.1 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1143 -72.7 -4.8 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1883 -64.0 -2.6 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 3406 -36.4 -0.8 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4694 -32.6 -0.6
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 2480 11  -  Gold’s draw is a powerful one that drives both dreams and financial markets, writesVERNON VERNON SILVER The writer is an Oxford-trained archaeologist who is a senior writer for Bloomberg News in Rome Bloomberg CAPTAIN Robert Mayne stands at the wheel as he guides the steel-hulled
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • Article, Illustration
      3152 12 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC What stands out in the URA’s latest Draft Masterplan? How else can Singapore become an even more liveable and productive business city? Hugues Delcourt Country Executive, ABN AMRO Bank NV Singapore and CEO of ABN AMRO Private Banking Asia Middle East THE Urban Redevelopment
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 450 14 Shareholder ballot on two-stage deal is now scheduled for week of Dec 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] Shareholders of Bumi plc, the coal producer at the centre of an ownership dispute between its founding partners, will vote this month on a proposed US$501 million
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    • 329 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] Projek Lintasan Kota Sdn Bhd (Prolintas) has inked concession agreements (CAs) for two Klang Valley highway projects worth an estimated RM11.5 billion (S$4.5 billion). Agreements were inked last month for the Daman-sara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) and the Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE),
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    • 570 14 It aims to be in top 20 for dealing with construction permits [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will do all it takes to move up in the next World Bank rankings for ease of doing business when it embarks on an
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 598 15 Manufacturing growth could give govt more room to implement reforms Bloomberg [BEIJING] Chinese manufacturing grew more than analysts estimated in November, indicating that the nation’s economic recovery is sustaining momentum amid government efforts to rein in credit growth. The Purchasing Managers’ Index was 51.4,
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    • 349 15 China reacts to Arunachal Pradesh being described as integral part of India Reuters [NEW DELHI] China on Saturday urged India not to aggravate problems on the border shared by the two nations, a day after the Indian president toured a disputed region and
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    • 522 15 AFP [BANGALORE] India’s first mission to Mars left Earth’s orbit yesterday, successfully entering the second phase of its journey that could see New Delhi win Asia’s race to the Red Planet, scientists said. The spacecraft, called Mangalyaan, now embarks on a
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  • WORLD
    • 704 16 Funds from S’pore, China emerging as big investors in Spanish firms: study AFP [MADRID] A year after fleeing Spain as its economy tottered on the brink of a full-blown sovereign bailout, foreign investors are coming back. The prospect of relatively high returns in a eurozone
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    • 541 16 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese mobsters driving flashy cars purchased with bank loans. Executives bowing in apology for loaning millions to those underworld figures. And high-level officials vowing to quash the crime syndicates, known as yakuza. Japan Inc is engulfed in its worst mob scandal
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    • 744 17 Failure to salvage Doha Round could spell end of trade multilateralism AFP [JAKARTA] The World Trade Organization (WTO) meets for a crunch summit in Indonesia this week billed as a do-or-die attempt to salvage an elusive deal on global commerce and,
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    • 880 17 Outcome in line with view of weakest season since 2009 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US retailers eked out a 2.3 per cent sales gain on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, in line with a prediction for the weakest holiday results since 2009. Sales at brick-and-mor-tar stores
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    • 567 17 It’s expected to keep 30m bpd production ceiling when it meets in Vienna on Wednesday AFP [VIENNA] The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) meets here this week to decide on the cartel’s oil output against a backdrop of
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    • 424 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] The tin market’s shortage will worsen next year as supplies of the metal fail to match demand rebounds in industries from electronics to packaging, according to ITRI Ltd. Global production will fall behind demand by about 12,000 tonnes, more
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    • 604 17 Analysts wait to see what it will do to head off deflation AFP [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB), which recently cut its interest rates to all-time lows, finds itself in the spotlight at its final meeting of the year on
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 848 18 Issue likely to dominate Vice-President Joe Biden’s Asia visit this week Reuters [WASHINGTON] US airlines United, American and Delta have notified Chinese authorities of flight plans when travelling through an air defence zone Beijing has declared over the East China Sea,
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    • 536 18 This follows poor response to its rights issue Reuters [MILAN] After a poor response to its emergency rights issue, Alitalia has been left with the prospect of literally running out of fuel before the peak season next summer unless it can get
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    • 233 18 SGX '000 Nov 29 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore '000 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 -0.01 70 Cosco Corp 0.74 0.01 1142 Cwt Limited Vol Ch Offshore First Ship Lea unch unch 0 Grand Banks 0.22 -0.01 52 Jaya Hold Ltd -0.01 K1Ventures 0.20 unch 21 Keppel Corp 11.31 0.03
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    • 399 18 Bloomberg [RABAT] Morocco’s government plans to sell shares of state-owned ports operator Marsa Maroc next year, raising cash to fund its push to establish the country as a focus for global cargo transfers, the company said. As a first step,
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    • 196 18 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Fraport, the operator of Germany’s largest airport, Frankfurt Airport, is throttling back its capital expenditure ahead of a planned major investment in a third terminal there from 2016, its finance chief told a German newspaper. “Our first priority was to create
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 409 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD `Across 1 Broken pot what a typical canal feature (7) 5 Nothing is held by deserter detained by agents in foreign country (7) 9 Well-bred member in retirement entertaining scruffy teen (7) 10 A scientific establishment with a scholar in US state (7) 11 Take out from property
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  • DINING OUT
    • 873 19  -  Bincho yakitori bar comes alive at night to sate hipsters out for a culinary thrill, writesJAIME JAIME EE jaime@sph.com.sg NEW RESTAURANT Bincho at Hua Bee 78 Moh Guan Terrace #01-19 Tel: 6438-4567 Open for dinner Tues to Sun: 6pm to 12am; Lunch on Sat and
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 3274 20 Week ended: NOV 29 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 15 11.5 8Telecom Last Sale Vol ('000) Week Last Quote High Low Buyer Seller 188 106 AIMSAMPIReit 152 -0.5 1731 153.5
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    • 357 21 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 37 17.3 t 3Cnergy 500 Last Vol Week 2.4 1.1 t Advanced System 1.3 +0.2 1675 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 20.7 Net M Cap
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    • 119 21 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.040 +0.030 CapitaLand 3.030 +0.010 CapitaMall 1.945 +0.010 CityDev 9.980 -0.080 ComfortDelGro 1.965 -0.005 DBS Grp 17.180 +0.040 GLP 2.950 -0.020 Genting SP 1.470 -0.015 Golden Agri 0.575 HK Land 5.910 +0.030 Stock name Close Change HPH Trust US$ 0.680 -0.005
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    • 2055 21 Transaction date: Nov 29 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Stores ■000 Angang Steel 5.54 0.11 ***** Anhui Conch unch Anhuiexpresswa 4.43 unch 434 Asia Satellite 30.60 -0.15 8 Asm Pacific -0.02 Avic Ihl Angang Steel 5.54 Baiyunshan Ph ***** Bank Of China 3.75 0.03 *****5 Bank Of
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    • 264 21 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 61 30 AVJennings A60 +1 30 60 59 57 62 3.6 5.8 4.9 222.1 52 31.5 Genting HK US$ US43 +2.5 ***** 43 40 43 43.5 2831.3
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    • 186 21 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 5 3 0 0 0 7 5 3 Manufacturing 92 55 29 16 10 12 108 65 41 Commerce 30 29 17 12 5 2 42 34 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 14 8
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    • 1030 21 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 125 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 112 -2.5 2 112 112 112 114 511.3 143 127.7 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 127.9 129.6 130.5 114.4 99.2 CIMB
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    • 70 22 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov 28 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 110.86 0.04 WTI (Near Mth) 92.18 -0.13 Dubai (1-Mth F) 107.44 -0.11 Tapis blend 116.61 -0.53 Minas 110.81 -0.53 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 105.42 -0.52 Jet Kerosene 127.03 0.57 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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