- Singapore stocks edged higher on Thursday, led by gains in Keppel Corp after new order win, but caution remained ahead of the global central bankers meeting later in the day.
- The Straits Times Index gained 0.37 percent or 12 points to end at 3,272.
- Trading resumed in Hong Kong after the city's exchange was forced to cancel trading on Wednesday as Typhoon Hato slammed into the island state.
- Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corp gained 1 percent after it secured order worth more than US$400 million from Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii to build two liquefied natural gas containerships.
- Department store operator Metro Holdings rose 1.7 percent after saying it is in talks with Beijing-based property developer H-Change for a potential sale of its 30 percent stake in Chinese company Nanchang Top Spring.
- IHH Healthcare, majority owned by Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad, edged up 0.3 percent after reporting a 29 percent rise in quarterly net profit due to one-off gain from divestment of a minority stake in Apollo Hospitals.
- Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust said it received nod from Singapore Exchange for a proposed initial public offering of S$1.6 billion.
