$Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$ Consolidates After Record High, STI ETF Milestone and Catalist and Technology Indices Outperform The Straits Times Index ended September at 5,675.88, declining 1.4% during the month after reaching a record high of 5,828.5 on 4 September. This brought its 9M26 total return to 26.4%, moderately ahead of the FTSE Asia Pacific Index's 22.2% total return over the same period. $SS SPDR STI ETF(ES3.SI)$ and $Amova STI ETF S$D(G3B.SI)$ ended the month at S$5.769 and S$5.874 respectively, with the two ETFs booking net inflow of S$293 million in September, representing 19 successive months of net inflow totalling S$1.96 billion. This bro

Institutional investors recorded aggregate net outflow of S$336.07 million across Singapore-listed stocks over the four weeks from the open on 31 August to the close on 25 September. Net institutional buying of S$104.42 million and S$13.00 million in the first two weekly periods was followed by net selling of S$292.39 million and S$161.10 million over the subsequent two weeks. The table below highlights selected stocks where institutional activity bucked this broader trend, reversing from aggregate net selling over 31 August to 11 September to net buying in both weeks from 14 to 25 September. Stock Code NIF 31 Aug–4 Sep (S$M) NIF 7–11 Sep (S$M) NIF 14–18 Sep (S$M) NIF 21–25 Sep (S$M) NIF Preceding 2W (S$M) NIF Recent 2W (S$M) NIF Sep Total (S$M) NIF Calendar Year-to-Date (S$M) YZJ Shipbldg

Among Singapore’s large-cap stocks, $YZJ Shipbldg SGD(BS6.SI)$ and $Keppel(BN4.SI)$ have more than reversed 1H26 net institutional outflows with net institutional inflows in 3Q26. This means Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings has now chalked up S$180 million in net institutional flow for 2026 to Sep 22, after reversing a net outflow of S$40 million in 1H26 with net institutional inflow of S$219 million in 3Q26. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s August 1H26 results presentation highlighted record revenue of RMB17.5 billion, up 36.2% from a year earlier, while net profit attributable to shareholders increased 28.4% to RMB5.4 billion. The group also reported an outstanding orderbook of US$22.4 billion across 256

Following the $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$ 's new high of 5,828.5 on 4 Sep, retail investors net bought S$888 million of Singapore stocks over the subsequent eight trading sessions through to 16 Sep. This lifted cumulative net retail inflow for 2026 from S$3.13 billion to S$4.02 billion, while institutional net selling widened by S$163 million over the same period. $DBS(D05.SI)$ $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ $SGX(S68.SI)$ accounted for around two-thirds of aggregate retail net buying, highlighting a concentration of flows in large-cap benchmark constituents. These flows followed a 1H26 reporting season in which all three