This morning, $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ announced a first quarter profit of SGD 1.97 billion, ahead of consensus' SGD 1.9 billion estimates Its fee income momentum was the highest of the three banks at 24% year-on-year (YoY) growth; wealth fees increased 34% YoY By contrast, counterpart UOB reported 1Q profit of SGD 1.44 billion which was 4% lower YoY Its fee momentum was lacking, up only 1% YoY despite the acquisition of the Citi franchise four years ago OCBC shares gapped up as much as 2.6% to $22.56 this morning, while UOB gapped down as much as 1.9% yesterday morning to $36.10, though it is currently trading at $36.47 Macquarie has trending call and put warrants for investors to trade the moves in OCBC and UOB. Trending warrants are quoted with th

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The $Nikkei 225 Index(N225.JP)$ June futures gained another 1.4% this morning (as of 10AM) to 62,805 - a new all-time record - compared to yesterday's 5PM close 🔥This takes the Nikkei225 futures' increase over the last two days to 5%, further cementing its position as the top performing major index this year to date with a 25.8% gain so far - more than 3 times that of the S&P500 🌈The Nikkei225's exuberance this morning reflects the optimism that the war tensions in the Gulf may be coming to an end According to an interview with PBS News Hour, Trump said the war has “a very good chance of ending” and there’s a possibility that happens before his trip to Beijing next week 🤝Meanwhile, various news reports have said that China’s top diplomat ha

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🥇Currently the best performing bank in Singapore and ranking 8th on the list of best performing index shares on the benchmark Straits Times Index, $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ announced this week their acquisition of HSBC’s retail and wealth management operations in Indonsia The transaction includes a SGD 6.6 billion assets under management and 336,000 loan accounts primarily in credit cards The acquisition news have come ahead of the bank’s first quarter result announcement before market this Friday According to Bloomberg, most analysts have responded positively to the acquisition ✍Find out what Macquarie Research’s (MQ) has to say about OCBC’s latest acquisition and whether there is any change in their price target and ratings on the stock 👀Read more f

Yesterday, Geely shares $GEELY AUTO(00175)$ jumped as much as 5.8% to HKD 22.94 after the company reported "solid" first quarter results The stock closed 2.6% higher at HKD 22.34 yesterday Core profit grew 31% to 4.56 billion yuan in the first quarter, exceeding analyst expectations despite the headline net income decline (Dow Jones) Revenue grew 15% and recurring operating margin widened to 5% from 3.4% for all of 2025, indicating improved efficiency following the Zeekr unit's privatization (Bloomberg) Geely's luxury EV brand, Zeekr, has been in the spotlight recently, thanks to its strong margins and 86% sales jump in the first quarter 🏆According to Dow Jones, Geely's results stand out at a time when China's auto market, the world's largest, is

Did you miss out on yesterday morning’s One Good Trade live show with SGX Academy trainer Joey Choy? 📺 The replay is now up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLI9Ic6Oqos  The warrants mentioned on the show were:  Yangzijiang call $YangzijiMBeCW260930(ZLBW.SI)$ : https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/ZLBW SGX call $SGX MB eCW260929(NFUW.SI)$ : https://warrants.com.sg/tools/exposuresimulator/NFUW Warrant tools mentioned to simulate warrant returns over time:  Warrant Selector: https://warrants.com.sg/tools/selector Exposure Simulator: https://warrants.com.sg/tools/exposuresimulator Live Matrix: https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix * This show is sponsored by Ma

In this morning's episode, SGX Academy trainer and trader Joey Choy will cover the previously mentioned stock Yangzijiang, before talking about a Singapore stock that has triggered two new 1GT Bullish signals last month and still looks bullish. Joey will team up with Head of Singapore Warrants Jamie Chung, who will share how to leverage the potential stock moves via warrants. Join us here later today!   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLI9Ic6Oqos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1854974678497878  *This show is sponsored by Macquarie Warrants Singapore and the views of Joey do not represent that of Macquarie’s.

🕘Macquarie’s index warrants track the underlying index futures. In this case, our $HSI(HSI)$ warrants track the HSI index futures during the Singapore trading hours of 915AM to 428pm, while the SIMSCI warrants track the SIMSCI index futures listed on the SGX from 9AM to 458PM. The live futures can be seen on our home page: https://warrants.com.sg/home 🗓As we near the end of April, our warrants will start tracking the May 2026 HSI/SIMSCI futures contracts starting today. See how the HSI/SIMSCI warrants move alongside their respective futures contract by clicking on their Live Matrices: https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix 

Tues: the Bank of Japan is likely to leave its policy rate unchanged at 0.75%. While some in the market see a small chance of a hike given the sharp rise in energy prices, there are others who expect them not to do so amid the current period of uncertainty. The market will be looking for clues on whether the BoJ is likely to hike by 25 basis points in July Wed night: FOMC is widely expected to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50–3.75% amid renewed inflation pressures and improvements in the labor market. The communication will likely acknowledge headwinds facing the economy stemming from the recent oil price shock. The committee is also expected to refrain from offering any forward guidance, instead emphasizing the data-dependent nature of their policy decisions Thu: China's Apri

In this upcoming episode, SGX Academy trainer and trader Joey Choy will cover the previously mentioned stock Yangzijiang, before talking about a Singapore stock that has triggered two new 1GT Bullish signals last month and still looks bullish. Joey will team up with Head of Singapore Warrants Jamie Chung, who will share how to leverage the potential stock moves via warrants. Join us here: 📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLI9Ic6Oqos 📱https://www.facebook.com/events/1854974678497878 *This show is sponsored by Macquarie Warrants Singapore and the views of Joey do not represent that of Macquarie’s.

👨‍🏫Yesterday, we shared SGX Academy Trainer Joey Choy's view on Sembcorp Industries (SCI) 🆕Today's newly listed $Sembcorp Ind(U96.SI)$ call warrant $SembInd MBeCW260930(XPAW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/XPAW) provide investors a leveraged exposure of around 6 times at an outlay of $0.027/warrant when SCI is trading at $6.84 Meanwhile, we also listed a new City Dev call warrant $CityDev MBeCW260930(TPWW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/TPWW) this morning 🔺Earlier this week, we

🆕Macquarie has listed a new pair of call and put warrants tracking the Hang Seng Index and UOB shares to open new opportunities for investors interested in a leveraged exposure to increasingly volatile markets 🐌Warrants with a longer time to expiry tend to experience slower time value erosion – or a lower rate of time decay – than warrants with a shorter time to expiry. Warrant investors who wish to take a longer view over the underlying may consider longer dated warrants to reduce their holding cost of warrants 👀Read on to find out more about the advantages of longer-term warrants: Slower time value erosion with longer-dated warrants One of the reasons investors buy and trade warrants is due to the high gearing they provide while costing only a fraction of the underlying index/share price

🎉Global markets have cheered since the 8 April two-week ceasefire between the US-Israel and Iran Investors appear to be betting that "peak uncertainty" has passed, with crude oil now trading comfortably below the USD 100/barrel mark and stocks experiencing a relief rally Some markets such as the US S&P and Japan’s Nikkei225 are in fact trading at higher levels than before the war began Is the market complacent? 📝In a note published on Friday 17 April 2026, Macquarie’s Sales and Trading desk (S&T) discusses what the current rally suggests, as well as their view on the war 👀Read on for important disclaimers This communication has been prepared by Sales and Trading (S&T) Personnel at Macquarie and is not a product of the Macquarie Research Department. For important disclosures rel

🔥City Dev $CityDev(C09.SI)$ is this morning's top performing stock on the Straits Times Index after rallying as much as 5.3% to $8.80 ✳Trending City Dev call $CityDev MBeCW260730(WKUW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/WKUW) was up as much as 50% to $0.021 🏆Macquarie's two City Dev call warrants WKUW and FTAW are the top two best performing warrants this morning as of 1010AM City Dev is boosted by news of an analyst upgrade in stock ratings and price target to $10.45 According to Bloomberg, reasons for the analyst's re-rating include a low SORA that will provide earnings momentum for City Dev given the record FY25 residential sales and hotel demand recovery

Amongst the underlyings that Macquarie Warrants Singapore issued new warrants over this morning, ST Engineering, Yangzijiang and Seatrium rank amongst some of the top index movers on the Straits Times Index this year to date (YTD), while SATs and Xiaomi are amongst the worst performing stocks this YTD on their respective indices ST Engineering: Currently the best performing stock on the STI with a 34.4% YTD return, the stock has been a beneficiary of ongoing geopolitical tensions this year The stock was first highlighted as a short-term trading idea by SGX Academy Trainer Joey Choy on 22 January, with the mentioned warrant soaring 83% after 1.5 months as Joey's target price was met on 3 March: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18H27HYkKN/ The stock has since edged up another 5.6% to yesterd

✳Baidu shares $BIDU-SW(09888)$ jumped as much as 8.5% to HKD 124.30 while Macquarie's trending Baidu call warrant $Baidu MB eCW261005(W7QW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/W7QW) has rallied 42.1% to SGD 0.054 as of 1158AM There is no put warrant available over Baidu shares 📰According to Shanghai Securities News, Baidu’s cloud ranked first among peers in China with a win of 25 projects worth 1.25 billion yuan in the first quarter In total, major domestic cloud providers won 85 projects, with disclosed contract amounts reaching approximately 1.65 billion yuan Baidu is scheduled to raise fees by about 5% to 30% on a range of its cloud products and services starting from April 18 (Bloomberg)