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🆕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

Markets are facing heightened volatility amid rising geopolitical tensions following the Iran war, driving sharp movements across equities, currencies, and commodities. For investors, understanding how different markets may react is key to navigating this environment.  In this session, Jamie Chung, our Head of Macquarie Warrants Singapore, joins James Ooi from Tiger Brokers (Singapore) as a guest speaker to unpack the current landscape and how it may shape market performance in the months ahead.  James will share his views on how key markets — the US, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore — are likely to perform against this backdrop, highlighting market trends, sentiment, and short‑term target levels that investors should be watching.  Building on these insights, Jamie will explo

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)

CGSi analyst Chua Wei Ren who specialises in short-term technical analysis has pointed out that the Nasdaq-100 index may continue higher and break above the all-time high and current momentum suggest that the index may have a high potential to edge up higher and break the key resistance high of 26,300.   Read more to find out his key chart levels to watch out for: https://rfs.cgsi.com/api/download?file=927d8997-4cbe-4e2b-8ae4-55f7deec69a3 Warrant investors keen to trade on Wei Ren’s short-term technical view on Nasdaq-100 may wish to consider the below trending call and put warrants*: Call $NASDAQ 26000MBeCW260918(Y3KW.SI)$ : https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/Y3KW Put $NASDAQ 21500MBe

The $Nikkei 225 Index(N225.JP)$ is the top performing major global index year-to-date (YTD) in 2026, with a total return of 12.4% to close at 57,877.39 as of 14 April This compares to the FTSE100's 7.8% YTD return, and the S&P500's +0.7% increase The index had traded to an all time high of 58,850 on 27 February before falling to 51,063 with the outbreak of the Iran war The index has since recovered all losses attributed to the war According to data on Bloomberg, the Nikkei225 traditionally sees net inflows in the month of April from foreign investors who are flushed with cash from dividend payouts The Nikkei's strong performance has been driven by AI-related and semiconductor stocks, along with support from a weaker yen that has enhanced ex

📈 $SGX(S68.SI)$ have rallied strongly this year-to-date (YTD), and is currently ranked as the third best index stock performer on the Straits Times Index with a 23.9% gain (as of 4PM on Friday 10 April) STI’s YTD 7.2% increase 💫It was one of the rare performers in March through April despite the broad market sell-off since the outbreak of Iran war 📢Last Thursday, SGX reported their March statistics, which showed a strong month owing to the stock market volatility 📝On the back of the latest stats, Macquarie Research (MQ) published a research report on 9 April 2026 with a summary and their share price view 👀Read more for the full article containing excerpts of MQ’s report and important disclaimers: Key highlights for Mar-26 Securities turnover ros

1⃣China Life: after dropping 15% since mid-January, the stock appears to be showing recovery from the HKD 25 range 📑The shares traded to a 4-month low of HKD 24.82 on 26 March after the company reported a 44% rise in full-year 2025 net profit to RMB 154.08 billion, but suffered a fourth-quarter net loss of RMB 13.7 billion due to lower investment income and insurance service revenue 📝Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) published a report this morning that China Life's new business value - discounted future profit of new policies - is likely to rise by 15% or more this year, on the heels of last year's 36% gain 🤝BI believes that China Life's vast bancassurance partnerships with over 100 banks should position it to capture an influx of maturing bank deposits seeking alternative savings solutions ✳✴W