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S&P 500 extends rally after CME glitch, reversing monthly slide
Markets are continuing to bet that the central bank will cut its benchmark next month[NEW YORK] US stocks notched a fifth-straight day of gains, as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange...
European shares clock monthly gains on Fed rate cut hopes
Next week, investors expect some focus on Russia-Ukraine peace talks.[BENGALURU] European shares ended higher on Friday (Nov 28), capping a strong weekly advance and closing the month on a...
OCBC files bid to wind up consumer electronics trader TT International
[SINGAPORE] OCBC has filed a winding-up application against consumer electronics trader TT International, whose debts are being restructured under a scheme of arrangement. The company owes OCBC at least S$21.7...
Noodle maker Leong Guan Holdings to offer 20.65 million shares at S$0.23 each in Catalist listing
The group intends to distribute a minimum of 80% of FY2025 net profit as dividends [SINGAPORE] Food manufacturing and distribution company Leong Guan Holdings has launched its initial public...
Wall St opens higher, futures resume trade after outage
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Nov 28) with futures trading springing back to life from an hours-long CME Group outage that had temporarily frozen...
Wilmar’s China subsidiary lodges appeal over contract fraud case
[SINGAPORE] A subsidiary of Wilmar International has lodged an appeal in a Chinese court, after it was found guilty of contract fraud and ordered to bear losses amounting to...
CIMB Q3 profit up 2.3% at RM2.08 billion 
[SINGAPORE] CIMB’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sep 30 rose 2.3 per cent to RM2.08 billion (S$653.5 million) from RM2.03 billion in the year-ago period, the company...
Fair value losses drag LHN H2 net profit down 82.7% to S$5.9 million
[SINGAPORE] Property player LHN group posted a net profit of S$5.9 million for the half-year ended Sep 30, 2025, down 82.7 per cent from S$34.3 million in the year-ago...
‘Lost their life savings’: Tokenize Xchange users sue founder and wife for over S$60 million in lost crypto assets
The firm owes its customers about S$266.3 million but has only S$2.6 million in realisable assets, interim judicial manager report reveals[SINGAPORE] More than 200 former customers of the now-defunct...
Singapore stocks gain more ground on Friday as regional peers close mixed
[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Nov 28) as regional benchmarks ended the day mixed. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.3 per cent or 14.62 points...
JPMorgan sees DBS at S$70 in a year’s time; with potential S$3.30 dividend for years
[SINGAPORE] As Singapore’s financial sector evolves, DBS could get “unjustifiably expensive”, and UOB may face volatility over the next six months, said JPMorgan in a note on Friday (Nov...
Malaysia’s electrical firms to gain from data centre boom: JP Morgan report
The market capitalisation of MEP businesses has compounded by nearly three times from 2024 to late 2025[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s electrical companies are benefiting significantly from a data centre boom...