Market View: Jerome Powell on reaching 2% inflation target by 2025, 2026; Wall Street optimism; Singapore banks maintain rising trajectory, DBS, OCBC soars to record highs; China’s services activity e

Singapore equities maintained their strong uptrend this morning after global equities ended mixed overnight. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) climbed 1 per cent to 3,401.7 points after 36.9 million securities changed hands in the broader market. In terms of developments to watch, we have  Keppel, after it merged two indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, Keppel Fund Management and Keppel Capital Alternative Asset, to streamline the company’s organisational structure.  Elsewhere, from Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on inflation at a forum on central banking to Chinese services activity growth hitting a 8-month low – more international headlines remain in focus.  Also in store – how the trio of local banks continued their rising trajectory after setting fresh records in the previous session.  On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Eddy Loh, Chief Investment Officer, Maybank Group Wealth Management.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.