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Singapore Stock Market Today: STI Slips Despite Asia Rally as Banks Drag, Olam Jumps

Singapore Stock Market Today: STI Slips Despite Asia Rally as Banks Drag, Olam Jumps

Singapore’s Straits Times Index slipped 13.37 points, or 0.27%, to wrap up at 5,007.83 on Thursday. The retreat in the benchmark followed declines in the trio of local banks and Singtel, erasing gains from other corners of the market. Olam, though, surged almost 8%, while Asian equities in general found support on optimism for renewed U.S.-Iran diplomatic talks.
OCBC share price today: OCBC stock closes higher ahead of Feb 25 results

OCBC share price today: OCBC stock closes higher ahead of Feb 25 results

OCBC edged up 0.6%, ending the session at S$21.72 on Friday. DBS also moved 0.6% higher, while UOB slipped 0.2%. The Straits Times Index added 0.3% as traders tracked mounting U.S.-Iran tensions that have lifted oil prices to their highest since August. “Market reactions from a risk scenario would include a rise in commodity prices including gold, and more volatile equity markets,” said Dr Nannette Hechler-Fayd’herbe, Lombard Odier’s chief investment officer for EMEA.
20 February 2026
Bitcoin Nears $70,000 Breaking Point as Liquidity Dries Up; Oil Slides on Dollar Strength

Bitcoin Nears $70,000 Breaking Point as Liquidity Dries Up; Oil Slides on Dollar Strength

Bitcoin teetered just above $70,000 on Thursday, slipping over 3% in Asian hours to $70,052.38—its lowest mark since November 2024. Ether also dipped, down nearly 2% to $2,086.11. The crypto selloff deepened this week, with bitcoin shedding more than 7% and now off close to 20% year-to-date; ether has dropped nearly 30%. “The market fears a hawk with him,” noted Manuel Villegas Franceschi from Julius Baer. Deutsche Bank analysts pointed to U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulling more than $3 billion in January outflows, following around $2 billion and $7 billion in December and November, respectively.
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