This time last year, analysts were expecting the Straits Times Index (STI) to recover from the lows of 2,200 during the “circuit breaker”.
Analysts are maintaining bullish end-2022 targets, even as the Omicron variant is the latest hurdle to the market’s eventful recovery journey. Meanwhile, will the much-heralded Spac framework carry the IPO momentum forward?
Singapore may have seen multiple months of lockdowns and fewer IPOs in 2021, but market optimism is in no short supply, even amid fears of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, first identified in late-November.
