STI closed the year at 3222 points, up around 5% for the whole year. It was a year of two halves. The first half of the year was quite good but unfortunately, events happening around the world in the 2nd half caused STI to give up some gains but still managed to close the year positively.
For this month, I have attended the following AGMs/EGMs/briefing - 2nd Chance and Citic Envirotech.
For my top 30 holdings, United Engineers was out of the list after I accepted the mandatory cash offer for the company. Stocks that did well this month in the list include Hotel Properties and UOL. I have also increased my stake in some companies in the list like A-REIT (via rights issue), Bukit Sembawang Estates etc, which explains their upward movement in positions. As for the other stocks, not much changes had been seen in an otherwise quiet trading month.
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