By contrast, the Straits Times Index has fallen a tad under 5% this year. Week-on-week, the STI is down 4 points. Interestingly, the pass through from the US interest rate cycle to Singapore’s has been very well correlated. The main divergence is the absolute level, where local market interest rates as represented by Sora have remained lower that the Federal Funds Rate. Local risk-free rates are more than 100 basis points lower with the yield on the 10-year Singapore Government bond at 2.96% as at Dec 1.
Since short term indicators have formed positive divergences with the STI, and quarterly momentum is also forming higher lows below its equilibriume line it may well be just a matter of time before the STI stages a proper rebound, leading to a more sustained rally. Volume levels would need to expand for this to materialise.
Support has been established at 3,000. But if the index is able to hold at 3,050 in the next few sessions, it should be able to start moving higher by mid-December. The resistance-breakout level is at 3,150, with a breakout pointing to an upside target.
