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title: "Retail investors buy $2.62b of Singapore equities in 2025, SGX says"
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description: "Retail investors in Singapore purchased $2.62 billion in equities in 2025, raising total net inflows to $17 billion over six years, according to SGX. The first half of 2025 saw $2.2 billion in net inflows, with banks, particularly DBS, receiving the largest share. Retail investors net bought $826 million of DBS shares during market volatility in April. Mapletree Industrial Trust and NTT DC REIT also attracted significant inflows. Additionally, REIT ETFs led the segment with notable net inflows, highlighting a shift in retail investor behavior."
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# Retail investors buy $2.62b of Singapore equities in 2025, SGX says

**Listed 14 Jul at US$1.00, NTT DC REIT averaged $8.8m daily turnover through end-2025.**

Retail investors were net buyers of $2.62b of Singapore equities in 2025, lifting cumulative net retail inflows over the past six years to $17b, according to an SGX market update.

SGX said retail investors recorded net inflows of $2.2b in the first half of 2025, followed by a further $413m in the second half.

Banks accounted for the largest share of inflows, with DBS the top recipient. Nearly 50% of DBS’s full-year net retail inflow was concentrated in the two weeks following the market volatility around “Tariff Liberation Day” in April.

During the period from 1 to 14 April, retail investors net bought $826m of DBS shares as the volume-weighted average price fell to $40.39.

Retail investors added a further $381m over the rest of the year, when the VWAP was $49.12. Across DBS, OCBC, and UOB, retail net buying totalled $1.47b during the 1–14 April period, representing 38% of banks’ full-year net retail inflows.

Outside the banking sector, Mapletree Industrial Trust recorded the highest net retail inflow as a share of market capitalisation among STI constituents, at 6.6%. NTT DC REIT also saw 2025 net retail inflows equivalent to 6.6% of its market capitalisation and experienced periods of range-bound trading in the second half of the year.

The REIT, which was listed on 14 July at US$1.00, attracted $88m of net retail inflows for the remainder of 2025 and averaged $8.8m in daily turnover during its listing period.

The update also highlighted a reversal in retail positioning in City Developments Limited, with retail investors unwinding $350m from 10 April to the end of 2025, offsetting earlier net buying of $354m. SGX said a further $58m was sold in early 2026.

In the exchange-traded fund segment, REIT ETFs led net retail inflows in 2025. SGX cited the Lion-Phillip S-REIT ETF and the Amova-STC Asia ex Japan REIT ETF as the top two ETFs by net retail inflow during the year.

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