ISR Capital, OCBC, Keppel, Jumbo, AGV, Natural Cool

SINGAPORE (Nov 28): Here are some factors and stocks that could move the market this Monday morning:

The Singapore Exchange has suspended trading of ISR Capital shares with immediate effect, citing the need to “safeguard the interest of the market”. In a filing released at 10.04pm last night, SGX says there are “circumstances that prevent trading in the shares of this company on an informed basis”. “We are reviewing the trading activities in the meantime,” says SGX. ISR Capital shares last traded at 13 cents before trading was halted.

Bank of Singapore, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation’s private bank arm, has completed the acquisition of Barclay’s wealth and investment business in Singapore and Hong Kong. This brings the private bank’s assets under management to US$75 billion ($107 billion), after US$13 billion in AUM was transferred by the close of the acquisition. In addition, over 60 bankers from Barclays’ have also been added to the 1,600 strong Bank of Singapore workforce. Shares of OCBC closed up 11 cents at $8.89 on Friday.

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