STI Slips 0.30% to 5,611.75 as CapitaLand Investment Leads Gains and SATS Paces Declines
The Straits Times Index closed at 5,611.75 on Tuesday, down 16.75 points, or 0.30%, after ranging between 5,603.01 and 5,633.84 during the session. Decliners narrowly outnumbered advancers across the benchmark's 30 constituents, 12 lower against 11 higher and seven unchanged, with CapitaLand Investment leading the session's gains and SATS leading the losses.
The pullback was concentrated in transport and offshore-marine names: Singapore Airlines fell 1.69%, Wilmar dropped 1.52%, and Seatrium and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding each eased close to 1%, pausing after recent gains. Property and industrial counters provided the session's support, led by CapitaLand Investment, Venture and ST Engineering, while the three local banks were mixed rather than moving as a bloc — DBS added 0.07% and UOB rose 0.49%, while OCBC slipped 0.52%.
Session Movers
CapitaLand Investment (9CI.SG, +2.63%) led Tuesday's gainers with no fresh company-specific news during the session, extending a move that traces back to July 24's launch of the RMB 3.15 billion CapitaLand Preferred REIT — the largest foreign-institutional REIT of its kind, backed by the Shanghai Xintiandi Crystal Plaza complex and subscribed by a group of banks, insurers and wealth managers, 10 of 11 investing for the first time. The launch came even as separately reported merger talks between CapitaLand Investment and Frasers Property remained stalled over valuation and post-merger leadership differences. The stock trades at 1.06 times book, at the top of its own three-year range (median 0.96, industry median 0.89), with a consensus Strong Buy rating and a S$3.40 target implying about 24% upside.
SATS (S58.SG, -2.29%) led the session's declines with no fresh company-specific news Tuesday, ahead of a first-quarter business update due August 19 after market close, covering the quarter ended June 30. The stock remains within a stretch flagged in mid-July, when a Middle East-driven rebound in oil prices weighed on Singapore's transport and aviation-linked names, even as SGX-tracked data showed the broader industrials complex — led by transport names including SATS — drawing S$170 million in net institutional inflows between June 30 and July 11. SATS trades at 2.6 times book, in the middle of its ten-year range (high 3.16, low 1.80, median 2.53), with a consensus Strong Buy rating and a S$4.95 target implying about 5% upside.
One point worth noting
For a fourth straight session, Singapore's three banks did not move together, though the shape of the split shifted: DBS rose 0.07% and UOB added 0.49%, while OCBC slipped 0.52% — the first session in the run where two of the three banks moved in the same direction, rather than one lone mover splitting off from the other two. Four sessions in, the trio has yet to trade as a single bloc.
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