Singapore Shares Surge to End Week in Black; DBS Shares Climb 1% on News of Merging Various Business Units
Singapore Shares Surge to End Week in Black; DBS Shares Climb 1% on News of Merging Various Business Units
Singapore's Straits Times Index returned to black on Friday and remained bullish throughout the session before closing over 1% higher, following overnight gains on Wall Street.
新加坡海峡时报指数周五重返黑盘，整个交易日保持看涨，随后收盘上涨超过1％，此前华尔街隔夜上涨。
During the day, the benchmark index ranged between 3,153.98 and 3,191.16, ending 1.17% or 36.71 points higher at 3,179.77.
当天，基准指数在3,153.98至3,191.16之间，收盘上涨1.17％或36.71点，至3,179.77点。
In company news, DBS Group (SGX:D05) said it will merge its equity capital markets, brokerage DBS Vickers and DBS Digital Exchange with its existing treasury markets business, with effect from March 1, sending the lender's shares up 1% at market close.
在公司新闻方面，星展集团（新加坡证券交易所股票代码：D05）表示，它将从3月1日起将其股票资本市场、经纪公司星展维克斯和星展数字交易所与现有的财资市场业务合并，使该银行的股价在收盘时上涨1％。
Shares of Willas-Array Electronics (HKG:0854, SGX:BDR) ballooned over 55% on Friday's close, after the firm received a HK$3.3 per share privatization offer from minority stockholder Texin (Hongkong) Electronics.
威拉斯-艾瑞电子（HKG: 0854，新加坡证券交易所股票代码：BDR）的股价在周五收盘时飙升了55％以上，此前该公司收到了少数股东德信（香港）电子提出的每股3.3港元的私有化要约。
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (SGX:A17U) closed 1% higher on Friday, as it posted a distribution per unit of SG$0.07441 in the second half of 2023, down 6.1% from SG$0.07925 in the year-ago period.
凯德置地腾飞房地产投资信托基金（新加坡证券交易所股票代码：A17U）周五收盘上涨1％，原因是该公司在2023年下半年公布的每单位分配额为0.07441新元，较去年同期的0.07925新加坡元下降6.1％。