MAS-led measures to revive SGX a good start

Market revival: An SGX sign at the Singapore Stock Exchange. According to MAS, it is exploring ways to enhance investor recourse avenues and improve engagement between shareholders and listed companies. — Reuters

SINGAPORE: Trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has increased in the weeks after a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-led equities market review group on Feb 21 announced a series of measures to revitalise the local stock market​.

Almost 30 billion shares were traded in February, a 56% jump from January, while the total market value of all transactions for the month was up 42% to S$29.6bil over the same period, according to SGX.