SGX SINGAPORE NEWS 4 april

SINGAPORE MARKET NEWS

• Oil rises to 2-1/2 year peak on job rise, supply fear NEW YORK (Reuters)

• Stock market’s gains in first quarter were far from easy The Dow Jones industrial average on Thursday closed its best start to the year since 1999, rising 6. 4 percent in the first three months of 2011.

• Shanghai Asia Comes Under Fire For Sale Of Businesses Shanghai Asia Holdings’ (Shanghai Asia) is facing intensifying pressure over its proposed sales. Following the resignation of its chief financial officer and executive director Tung Kum Hon over disagreement on the disposal, lashings were received from the Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS).

• By Trade The News Markets Snapshot (as of 04:30GMT) - Nikkei225 +0.4% - S&P/ASX +0.7% - Kospi +0.4% - Taiex -0.2% - Shanghai Composite +0.2% - Hang Seng +0.2% - Singapore Straits Times Index +0.4% - Jun S&P Futures +0.1 at 1,322 - Spot Gold +0.2% $1,433/oz - May Crude oil +0.3% at $106.99/brl - May Brent +1.9% at $117.36 - May Copper -0.6% at $4.28 FX USD Majors Session Range - EUR/USD: 1.4175-1.4153 - GBP/USD: 1.6049-1.6020 - USD/CHF: 0.9220-0.9179 - USD/CAD: 0.9704-0.9692 - ... CLICK HERE FOR MORE