STI ended the year up 6.24% to close at 3365 points. Some window dressing efforts had pushed the index up near the end of the month, though slumping oil prices continue to affect oil-related stocks. Overall, there is not much news on the corporate front, typical for the last month of the year.

For this month, I have attended the following AGMs/EGMs/briefings - Mermaid Maritime, Communication Design International, Miyoshi and Second Chance Properties.

For my top 30 holdings, Singapura Finance returned to the list after I subscribed for its rights issue last month and those rights shares had been credited this month. UOL returned to the list after its better performance compared to other stocks near the top 30 list. Keppel T&T dropped out of the list after investors sold down the stock as they are concerned that the company might have to compensate SGX for its trading system ...