Singapore shares track Wall Street gains on Tuesday; STI up 0.7%

Singapore shares track Wall Street gains on Tuesday; STI up 0.7%

Published Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 06:08 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Tuesday (Oct 6), tracking overnight gains on Wall Street. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.7 per cent or 37.21 points to finish at 5,701.54. DFI Retail Group led the gainers on Singapore’s blue-chip index, rising 4 per cent or…

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Wall Street eyes record bonuses as profit heads past US$90 billion

Wall Street eyes record bonuses as profit heads past US billion

Annual earnings would comfortably surpass last year’s record of US$65.1 billion, according to a report Published Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 06:01 PM A BLOCKBUSTER year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed US$90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach…

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European shares rise to near one-week highs

European shares rise to near one-week highs

Published Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 04:32 PM EUROPEAN shares rose to near one-week highs on Tuesday (Oct 6), as Genmab led gains in healthcare stocks, while euro zone bond yields took a breather after rallying on fiscal and inflation concerns. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.8 per cent to 638.41 points by…

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South Korea’s Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks

South Korea’s Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks

Police are investigating breaches affecting several major lenders; details of alleged artificial intelligence tools used remain undisclosed Published Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 03:04 PM [SEOUL] South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Tuesday (Oct 6) that artificial intelligence models are believed to have been used in some recent hacking incidents against banks and called…

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BOJ may signal underlying inflation has hit 2% goal: sources

BOJ may signal underlying inflation has hit 2% goal: sources

Published Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 02:32 PM [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan may signal this month that underlying inflation has roughly hit its 2 per cent target, three sources familiar with its thinking said, highlighting its readiness to raise interest rates again in the coming months. Any such announcement would largely be symbolic, but…

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