A year that kicked off on a high note with widespread anticipation of rising markets fuelled by falling interest rates has within three months turned into one where investors are climbing a wall of worry over energy shocks brought on by the war in Iran. Correspondingly, the Singapore stock market has been in rough waters, reversing a good start to the year which saw the Straits Times Index (STI) busting through the 5,000-point level for the first time. While the benchmark STI has romped up about 25 per cent over the past year, S-REITs, as a whole, slipped by some 3 per cent in price terms.
Published at: 2026-03-29 22:00:00
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