<div id="readability-page-1"><div>[SINGAPORE] Local shares closed flat on Friday (Dec 19), even as most regional bourses closed higher.The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) fell 0.02 per cent or 0.83 points to close at 4,569.78. Meanwhile, the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index shed 0.1 per cent or 1.51 points to 1,434.85.Property developer City Developments Limited was the top blue-chip gainer, rising 4 per cent or S$0.31 to close at S$7.98. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding was the largest decliner on the STI, falling 2.9 per cent or S$0.10 to S$3.37.Across the trio of local banks, OCBC ended higher on Friday, rising 0.3 per cent or S$0.05 to S$19.55. DBS fell 0.5 per cent or S$0.25 to S$54.87. UOB slipped 0.09 per cent or S$0.03 to S$34.70. CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust was the most actively traded counter on the STI by volume, with 58.7 million units worth S$137.5 million traded. The counter closed 0.4 per cent or S$0.01 higher to S$2.34.Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 329 to 177, after 1.3 billion securities worth S$2.1 billion changed hands.Key regional indices mostly ended higher. Japan’s Nikkei rose 1 per cent after the country’s central bank hiked benchmark interest rates to 0.75 per cent, its highest in three decades.Sam Jochim, economist at private bank EFG, believes that there is room for the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to increase interest rates further next year. However, another rate hike before June 2026 is unlikely, as it will depend on developments during the annual spring wage negotiations period. “The pace of future monetary policy tightening will remain very gradual, despite the BoJ remaining behind the curve even after today’s decision,” he said.South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.7 per cent while Australia’s ASX 200 rose 0.4 per cent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was also up 0.8 per cent.</div></div>

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新加坡股市收盤持平，海峽時報指數下跌 0.02%，報 4,569.78 點，而區域指數上漲。城市發展有限公司上漲 4%，揚子江船業下跌 2.9%。華僑銀行上漲 0.3%，星展銀行下跌 0.5%，大華銀行下滑 0.09%。凱德綜合商業信託是交易最活躍的股票。日本日經指數在加息後上漲 1%，經濟學家 Sam Jochim 預測未來將逐步加息。韓國 Kospi、澳大利亞 ASX 200 和香港恒生指數也均以上漲收尾

新加坡股市收盤持平，而區域股市則收高；海峽時報指數下跌 0.02%