Market View: Trump delays tariffs on Mexico, Canada by a month; China announces additional 15% on coal, LNG imports from US; OpenAI and Kakao to form strategic partnership; CapitaLand Investment, Kepp

Singapore stocks rose in early trade today after US President Donald Trump delayed the start of tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month. At the opening bell, the Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.6 per cent to 3,849.74 points after 32.2 million securities changed hands in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch, we have CapitaLand Investment, given how the asset manager will invest more than US$700 million in a freehold land parcel in Osaka, to develop a data centre with 50 megawatts of capacity. Elsewhere, from US President Donald Trump delaying the imposition of stiff tariffs on Mexico and Canada, to news of Chinese tariffs on US coal and liquified natural gas imports, more international headlines remain in focus. On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Kelvin Wong, Senior Analyst, OANDA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.