Market View: US March Nonfarm Payrolls up 303,000; Lookahead to US Corporate Earnings; Keppel’s first close for its sustainable urban renewal fund; Straits Trading sells industrial property in South A

Singapore stocks were little changed at the opening bell this morning, following mixed results in US and European markets.  In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.03 per cent to 3,219.18 points after 61.3 million securities changed hands in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch, we have Keppel, after the global asset manager and operator achieved its first close for the Keppel Sustainable Urban Renewal Fund.  Elsewhere,  from more on the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office’s forecast of growth in China and across Asia, to a lookahead of the new US corporate earnings season, more international headlines remain in focus.  On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.