Singapore Stocks-May open up; Sembcorp Indus, Ezra eyed

SINGAPORE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Singapore shares may
open higher on Friday after both Tokyo and Seoul stocks made a
positive start, as sentiment was boosted by solid demand in debt
auctions by Spain and Italy as well as gains on Wall Street.
Singapore-listed conglomerate Sembcorp Industries Ltd
may be in focus after it said it is exploring the
development of a 1,200 megawatt coal-fired power plant in
Vietnam.

----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0008 GMT ------------
INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG
S&P 500 1295.5 0.23% 3.020
USD/JPY 76.76 0.01% 0.010
10-YR US TSY YLD 1.9298 -- 0.003
SPOT GOLD 1647.25 -0.15% -2.550
US CRUDE 99.3 0.20% 0.200
DOW JONES 12471.02 0.17% 21.57
ASIA ADRS 118.36 -0.12% -0.14
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Stocks and factors to watch:
-- EZRA HOLDINGS LTD
- Singapore oil and gas services firm Ezra Holdings has
secured two contracts worth up to $120 million, the company said
on Thursday.

-- SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD
- Singapore Airlines and Scandinavian airline SAS
are to deepen their cooperation on flights between Scandinavia
and Singapore as they aim to make gains in the key Europe-Asia
market.

-- CITY DEVELOPMENTS LTD
- Singapore's City Developments said on Thursday that its
indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Vinemont Investments Pte Ltd,
had acquired Thailand Shareholder Investments Ltd from Real
Estate Capital Asia Partners for a total of around $157.6
million.
Thailand Shareholder Investments has shopping mall assets
in Thailand.

- Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index fell
0.13 percent on Thursday to 2,743.66 points.
- The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.17
percent to 12,471.02. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index
advanced 0.23 percent to 1,295.50. The Nasdaq Composite Index
added 0.51 percent to 2,724.70.

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(Reporting by Eveline Danubrata; Editing by Robert Birsel)