Can DBS Grow When Rates Fall?
DBS is Singapore’s largest bank by assets and serves more than 13 million customers across Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Total income hit a record S$5.95 billion in 1Q2026, up 1% year on year (YoY)....The SPDR STI ETF (SGX: ES3) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI).
For July 2026, the ETF turned in a total return of 9.5%.
Three blue chips outpaced this return.
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (SGX: O39) delivered a total returns of 18.1% over the same month.
Meanwhile, Hongkong Land (SGX: H78), or HKLand, returned 14.7% and DBS Group Holdings (SGX: D05) returned 13.1%.
Of the trio, only HKLand published fresh financials in July.
DBS reports next on 6 August 2026 and OCBC on 7 August 2026.
Hence, take note of the different timeframes.
For DBS and OCBC, the numbers below are for the first quarter of 2026 (1Q2026).
In contrast, Hongkong Land has reported results for the first six months of 2026 (1H2026).
