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Singapore SGX Share Market Updates for July 26, '12

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Publish date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012, 12:06 PM
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> Singapore Shares open Higher Today:-

' Singapore shares opened 0.52% higher on Thursday. The STI rose 15.68 points to 3,006.60.
' About 101.2 million shares were traded.
' Gainers beat losers 87 to 32.

> S'pore central bank sets up S$20b facility to back up depositors:-

' Singapore's central bank announced fresh measures to protect depositors in the city-state, creating a liquidity buffer of S$20 billion (US$15.87 billion) to back up a deposit insurance scheme in the case of a banking crisis.
' The insurance scheme currently protects deposits of up to S$50,000 with a bank, an amount increased 2.5 times two years ago following the 2008 financial crisis.

> Genting Singapore shares fall to near 2-yr low:-

' Shares of Genting S'pore fell as much as 2.3% to its lowest in nearly two years.
' After rival Las Vegas Sands' second-quarter earnings miss raised concerns over the Singapore casino operator's results.
' By 0222 GMT, Genting shares were 1.6% lower at S$1.26, with 30.2 million shares changing hands, compared to its full-day average volume of 35.2 million shares over the last five sessions.

> ABN AMRO upgrades Singapore to neutral:-

' ABN AMRO Private Banking has upgraded Singapore stocks to neutral from underweight, citing potentially smaller earnings estimate cuts compared to other Asian companies.
' The MSCI Singapore index has gained about 14.9% so far this year, compared to the MSCI Asia Pacific Ex-Japan's 2% rise.

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