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Singapore Market Wrap

Finally some action!

Asian markets finally shrugged off their inertia this week to make some headway ahead of the two-day European summit beginning today. The Hong Kong market took the lead with the HSI going from negative territory to positive on China's announcement of plans to strengthen relationship with Hong Kong by promoting tie-ups between the two financial markets and increasing cooperation in investments overseas and infrastructure. The STI made its first gain in four days, increasing 1.3% day-on-day (dod) to close at 2,841.60 yesterday.

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Chinese shipyard slid on data
While the announcement from China led the overall bourse to a strong rebound, a separate piece of news from China contributed to a failure of Chinese shipyards to latch onto the positive momentum. Singapore listed Chinese shipyards Yangzijiang (-0.5% dod, $1.005) and Cosco (unchanged, $0.975) failed to follow the STI higher after data showed that Chinese shipbuilders' new orders from Jan to May fell 47% year on year.

According to a poll by Bloomberg, Cosco is currently the lowest rated amongst stocks on the MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index members.

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Olam lower despite buyback programme
Another stock that failed to find favour despite the upbeat mood was Olam International. The stock nearly erased all of Tuesday's gains after tumbling 1.6% to $1.845 yesterday. The company had on June 8 announced a share buy-back program after its stock price crashed to a three-year low of $1.53 on June 4. The management has the mandate to buy up to 244mn shares and has so far purchased 49.7mn shares or 2% of its market capitalisation.

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Overnight Market Wrap

Positive durable goods and pending home sales

Markets cheered over strong economic data yesterday. The S&P500 rallied 0.9% to 1,331.85, reversing most of its Monday's losses. Crude oil returned above the $80/barrel mark as Norwegian oil workers continued their strike which has been running since Sunday.

US May durable goods orders rose 1.1%, compared to a Bloomberg survey of a 0.5% increase. Aircraft and parts orders led the gains. Separately, the US pending home sales rebounded sharply by 5.9% to 101.1.

Overnight Markets

Indices	Last	Change
STI	2841.60	1.3%
HSI	19176.95	1.0%
DJIA	12627.01	0.7%
S&P 500	1331.85	0.9%
Nasdaq	2875.32	0.7%
China A50	7719.53	-0.2%