SGX turnover
Average daily traded value across cash equities, with note of block trades that may skew single-day readings.
Business
Markets, firms and the workforce
Reporting on listed companies, trade statistics, labour policy and the small businesses that form the backbone of Singapore's economy.
Trade outlook: electronics exports hold amid regional currency shifts
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 4.2 percent year-on-year in July, according to Enterprise Singapore's flash estimate. Electronics contributed the largest share, particularly semiconductors and related components shipped to North America and North-east Asia.
Currency movements across the region introduced noise into dollar-denominated comparisons. Our desk adjusted selected series into trade-weighted terms using MAS-published weights to illustrate underlying volume trends rather than exchange-rate effects alone.
Three mid-cap industrial names report half-year results before the market opens Friday. We will update this page with headline figures and management commentary once filings appear on SGXNet, linking to primary documents rather than summarising from third-party feeds.
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Labour market
Resignation and vacancy rates from MOM quarterly reports, broken down by sector where disclosed.
Visitor arrivals
STB monthly statistics with context on source markets and average length of stay revisions.
Business formations
ACRA incorporation and cessation counts, highlighting sectors with net growth or contraction.
Small firms desk
Companies with fewer than 200 employees account for the majority of private-sector employment in Singapore. Our SME desk covers grant scheme changes, SkillsFuture credit usage for training and case studies of family-owned manufacturers adapting to automation.
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