SGX August Review Sees STI Hit Record High as Developers and Earnings Leaders Drive Rotation
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Two-thirds of the Singapore market reported semi-annual results in August, making earnings season the primary focus for investors. Beyond headline profit growth, investors assessed the resilience of companies to a mixed macro environment and the efficiency of their business operations at the micro level. Investors also focused on a more hawkish US rates environment, with rising Treasury yields and renewed expectations of higher-for-longer rates weighing on equity valuations. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ 's results reinforced confidence in the durability of AI-related investment demand, while investors monitored further policy support measures from Beijing as Chinese growth concerns persisted, alongside developments in semiconductor trade restrictions and global