SGD Gains as Stock Rally Outweighs Virus Fear
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The Singapore dollar gains as buoyant Asian equities outweigh concern over the spread of coronavirus infections in the city state.
USD/SGD falls 0.2% to 1.3335 after closing up 0.3% on Monday
MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index advances 1%
Govt bonds gained across the curve on Monday, with the 10-year yield down 2bps to 1.52%
HSBC sees more room for underperformance of SGD rates versus USD rates over the next few days, according to a note on MondayFX swaps and front-end SGD rates have shifted higher as tighter social distancing measures reduced the odds that the Monetary Authority of Singapore would tighten its currency policy stance later this year
The highly transmissible strain of Covid-19 that surfaced in India has become more prominent among Singapore’s growing number of unlinked cases
An air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong has been delayed
The World Economic Forum canceled the annual meeting it was planning to hold this August in Singapore
The US Dollar has been ranging against the Singapore Dollar for six years and is now testing the lower side. Meanwhile the Straits Times Index has also been ranging for a long time. The correlation between the two assets is hardly a coincidence. If the Dollar declines, the bank-heavy Singapore market with capacity for dividend growth and a 3% yield becomes more attractive.
The Index rebounded impressively today to confirm support in the region of the trend mean.
Taiwan’s market also bounced impressively from its trend mean today.
The Global X ASEAN ETF is currently firming from the region of the trend mean and has a heavy bank weighting.