Stocks

• Oct 30, 2026 Nifty Tops 23,100 as IT Shares Lead Mid-Session Recovery; Trent Gains 6.30% The Nifty rose 0.72% by 12.46 pm, led by IT shares and Trent, while higher crude prices and mixed market breadth kept risks in view.
• Oct 30, 2026 Trent Rises 7% as Q2 Profit Grows 25%, Broker Views Diverge Trent reported ₹468 crore in Q2 profit as store expansion and margins drew mixed assessments from brokerages.
• Oct 30, 2026 Shell Raises Fourth-Quarter Buyback to US$5 Billion as Refining Margins Hit Record A record US$42-a-barrel refining margin helped lift Shell’s adjusted net income to US$10.8 billion and supported a larger shareholder buyback.
• Oct 30, 2026 BP’s US$8.46 Billion Quarter Sets a Five-Year High as Refining Margins Surge BP beat expectations with US$8.46 billion in quarterly profit as refining margins climbed and net debt reached its target a year early.
• Oct 30, 2026 PAG to Acquire 51.016% of Evergrande Property Services for US$509.8 Million PAG’s HK$4 billion deal would give it control of Evergrande Property Services, with a further offer and approval conditions still ahead.
• Oct 30, 2026 MPACT Faces China Property Pressure as Divestments Stall and Singapore Assets Support Income MPACT’s China properties face falling rents and valuations as sales prove difficult. VivoCity’s growth and planned upgrades offer support amid overseas weakness...
• Oct 30, 2026 Insead Launches AI and Work Research Lab With US$3 Million Google Funding Insead’s new lab will study AI’s effects on learning, work and relationships, with US$3 million in backing from Google.org and Google DeepMind.
• Oct 30, 2026 Big Tech’s US$750 Billion AI Spending Faces Slower Growth and Search Monetisation Risks Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta are sustaining huge AI budgets as slower core growth and weaker monetisation test investor confidence.
• Oct 30, 2026 AEM Leads Singapore Chip Sell-Off as Alphabet’s Record Drop Hits Regional Stocks AEM fell as much as 11% amid a regional chip sell-off, while its monthly decline and losses at peers point to pressure beyond one day’s trading.
• Oct 30, 2026 Gold Near US$4,000 as Inflation and Stock Market Selling Pressure Bullion Gold fell 0.5% to US$4,003.44 as hotter US inflation and a tech-led sell-off weighed on prices. Silver’s October decline reached about 15%.
• Oct 30, 2026 Sheng Siong Q3 Revenue Climbs 6.2% as Store Expansion Lifts Sales Sheng Siong’s Q3 profit rose 1.9% to S$44.6 million as revenue grew, while higher staff costs and price competition remain pressures.
• Oct 30, 2026 MPACT Q2 DPU slips 3.5% as overseas properties weigh on income MPACT’s DPU fell to S$0.0194 as weaker overseas contributions offset gains at VivoCity and lower finance expenses.
• Oct 29, 2026 Three-Month Short-Selling Limits Could Give Singapore IPOs Time to Find Their Price A proposed three-month seasoning period would restrict uncovered shorts and apply an uptick rule while leaving room for price discovery.
• Oct 29, 2026 Intel Shares Slide 15% as PC Weakness and Supply Delays Cloud Outlook Intel’s revenue and profit forecast missed estimates as memory costs, weaker PC demand and factory constraints offset strong data centre growth.
• Oct 29, 2026 Amazon’s Q4 Outlook and AI Spending Weigh on Shares Despite AWS Growth Amazon’s cash burn and holiday-quarter outlook unsettled investors, while AWS revenue grew 39% and advertising sales slowed.
• Oct 29, 2026 European Shares Reach Seven-Week High as Earnings Offset Rate and Inflation Risks The Stoxx 600 rose 0.77% to 649.11 as strong company results supported shares despite higher energy costs and a possible December rate hike.
• Oct 29, 2026 Alphabet’s $500 Billion Slide Puts Google’s AI Spending Under Scrutiny A shortfall in Google Services and slower search growth rattled investors as rising AI costs pressured expenses and free cash flow.
• Oct 29, 2026 Why Profitable Businesses Can Still Face a Payroll Cash Crunch A cash reconciliation and dated forecast show how receivables, inventory, debt payments and distributions can leave a profitable business short on payroll.
• Oct 29, 2026 Fed Rate Pause Meets Asian Market Uncertainty as Singapore Companies Report Moves The Fed held rates at 3.75% to 4% as AI, energy costs and company-specific developments shaped the day’s Asian market stories.
• Oct 29, 2026 Singapore Shares Edge Lower as Wilmar and UltraGreen.ai Weigh on Market The STI slipped 0.03% as decliners outnumbered gainers. Wilmar fell 4.9%, while UltraGreen.ai dropped 15.9% after lowering its revenue outlook.