{"id":298101,"date":"2026-02-23T12:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/298101\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:28:05","slug":"singapore-stocks-rose-despite-higher-us-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/298101\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Stocks Rose Despite Higher US Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

trade headlines.<\/p>\n

Why should I care?<\/p>\n

For markets: Tariffs set the mood, but results steal the show.<\/p>\n

A higher US tariff floor raises the risk of weaker global demand, which typically hits exporters and industrial names first. But this session was driven by company-specific moves: Raffles Medical rose nearly 4% after 2H 2025 profit<\/a> attributable to owners climbed 22% to SG$38.5 million, while KTMG fell more than 6% after warning of a loss for 2H 2025 and the full year. Wilton Resources jumped over 11% after a subsidiary sold 200 million shares in PT Wilton Makmur Indonesia at 40 Indonesian rupiah each via off-market trades.<\/p>\n

The bigger picture: Lower inflation<\/a> can buffer a bumpier trade cycle.<\/p>\n

At 1.0% y\/y, core inflation suggests price pressures are fading, which can support spending and reduce the odds of policy tightening. That matters if a 15% US tariff regime slows cross-border activity across Asia\u2019s supply chains. Put together, steady equities and easing inflation point to a market that\u2019s pricing trade risk, but not panicking about the home front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"trade headlines. Why should I care? For markets: Tariffs set the mood, but results steal the show. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-298101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}