U.S. stocks ended at its highest level of the year on Friday as oil prices climbed further and investors reassessed stimulus steps taken by the European Central Bank last week. The Paris-based International Energy Agency said the oil market may have hit bottom. U.S. crude rose 2 percent on Friday, and also logged its fourth straight gaining week. Brent crude futures gained nearly 1 percent on Friday and made its third weekly gain in a row.
Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index rose 18.20 points to 2,847.06 points. Trading volume was 1.38 billion shares worth 970 million Singapore dollars. Advancers outnumbered decliners 229 to 190, while 500 stocks did not move.
Del Monte Pacific sank 17.7 percent to 32.5 Singapore cents. It recorded earnings of 590 Nike Air Max 270 KPU TPU Men's Black Blue Sale ,000 U.S. dollars, owing to the absence of a large provision for inventory and foreign exchange losses it had recorded a year ago. A year earlier, it posted a loss of 2.2 million U.S. dollars. But its revenue fell 7 percent to 594.1 million U.S. dollars due to weaker sales in its U.S. subsidiary. This was partially offset by a better performance in the Philippines, where sales grew 6 percent on the back of holiday season advertising campaigns.
Keppel Corporation fell 0.3 percent to 6.04 Singapore dollars. Its subsidiary, Keppel Fels Nike Air Max 270 Women's Light Pink White Sale , is on track to deliver within the contracted schedule a fifth high-spec accommodation semisub to Floatel International. The semisub built to Keppel's proprietary SSAU 5000 NG design, was named Floatel Triumph and will be chartered by Inpex Australia for work in the Ichthys gas field development off Western Australia.
Among top gainers, Jardine Cycle and Carriage rose 0.9 percent to 39.99 Singapore dollars, while Jardine Strategic became one of the top losers by falling 0.8 percent to 28.50 U.S. dollars. (1 U.S. dollar equals to 1.38 Singapore dollars)
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Observers of Chinese soccer will have been heartened to see the women's -national team reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Canada, though a 1-0 defeat to the US over the weekend ended hopes of further progress.
The current Chinese team are a disciplined unit, playing an unconventional style of soccer that is far from exciting, but to reach the last eight of the World Cup four years after failing to even qualify for the tournament is a large step in the right direction.
In truth nike odyssey react sale , China showed few signs that they had the ability - or even the desire - to overcome the Americans and, given that the US women had yet to be beaten by China in 24 matches dating back to 2003, a Chinese victory in Ottawa would have been among the most stunning -upsets in history.
As with the men's team, who reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup in -Australia earlier this year, China's -women can return home with their heads held high. It's a far cry from 1999 nike epic react flyknit sale , when China lost to the US in the World Cup final, but in the context of -today's soccer environment, team officials should be satisfied.