Across the 30 STI component stocks from 30 Dec 2025 to 2 Jan 2026, the overall tone was mildly positive over this very short window. During this period, 15 counters rose, 7 fell, and 8 were effectively flat, with the average move only about +0.2%. This is important context because a 3-session sample around a year-end and a New Year holiday period can distort signals: flows are often driven by rebalancing, window-dressing, and thinner liquidity rather than fresh fundamentals.
The standout pattern is sector leadership from Real Estate names (including REITs and developers), which collectively did better than the rest over these three sessions. Financial Services (which includes the banks) was broadly flat to slightly softer on average, but the banks were still notable because they continued to transact heavily by value and remained very close to their 52-week highs, which usually signals underlying demand is still present even if the price is not sprinting.
On 2 Jan 2026 specifically, trading attention by value was clearly concentrated in DBS, UOB, and OCBC, which ranked among the top traded by dollar value. This kind of concentration is typical when institutions are active, and it tends to support price stability. At the same time, the biggest relative volume spike versus 3-month average came from Mapletree Industrial Trust, which traded at roughly 2.3x its 3-month average daily volume, suggesting fresh positioning rather than routine noise.
In terms of short-term price movers, the better performers from 30 Dec to 2 Jan were Hongkong Land, Sembcorp Industries, CapitaLand Investment, Thai Beverage, Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust, and Mapletree Industrial Trust. On the weaker side over the same window were Jardine Matheson, Wilmar, SATS, DFI Retail, ST Engineering, and SGX. This is not saying the “down” names are bad companies; it simply reflects where money flowed during these few sessions.
For “stocks that may rise in the coming weeks”, the dataset can only give a watchlist, not a confident buy signal, because price and volume over three sessions is not enough to forecast returns reliably. Still, if we take a practical approach, the more plausible “near-term follow-through” candidates are the names that show a combination of (a) price holding near 52-week highs, (b) steady or improving activity, and (c) reasonable forward dividend yield or valuation metrics in the data. In that sense, DBS and OCBC look like classic “strength holding” counters because they are within about 1% of their 52-week highs on 2 Jan and they continue to dominate trading value, which often means dips get supported. Keppel also fits a “strength holding” profile, sitting close to its 52-week high while showing a positive move across the window. For income-focused positioning, several REITs remain worth watching because they were firming while seeing meaningful turnover; Mapletree Industrial Trust in particular stands out due to the volume spike, and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust closed right at its 52-week high in your 2 Jan snapshot, which sometimes attracts momentum buyers if the broader market mood stays supportive.
A quick caution on dividends: Thai Beverage shows an extremely high trailing dividend yield in the latest snapshot, which is almost certainly a data artefact or a special-dividend effect rather than a normal run-rate yield, so it is safer to lean on forward yield and the broader context rather than treating the trailing number as investable “income”.
Below is a compact watchlist view using only what appears in the latest (2 Jan 2026) data plus the 30 Dec → 2 Jan move, just to make the patterns concrete.
In the Singapore context, the near-term base case from the data over the three dates is that money rotated back into REITs and selective cyclicals while keeping the banks well-supported near highs. That kind of tape usually favours a “buy-on-dips” behaviour in the stronger names rather than a broad chase across everything. The biggest risk to this read is simply that a period of three sessions is too short, and the moment broader macro headlines or rates expectations swing, the leadership can change quickly, especially for REITs.
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