Market View: Asian shares rise as investors mull central bank decisions, Middle East conflict; Reserve Bank of Australia hikes rates for second time this year, Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ rate decisions in focus next; More from Nvidia’s GTC event in San Jose; Singapore’s February key exports growth slows to 4%; SIA, Singtel to watch

Singapore shares registered gains today as investors continue to set their sights on a flurry of central bank decisions from major economies around the world. The Straits Times Index was up 1.05% at 4,919.83 points at 2.29pm Singapore time, with a value turnover of S$1.19B seen in the broader market. In terms of counters to watch today, we have Singapore Airlines, after its low-cost arm Scoot posted a 17.4 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic for February, of three billion revenue passenger-kilometres. Elsewhere, from how Singapore’s key exports rose 4 per cent year on year in February, easing from the preceding month’s downwards revision of 9.2 per cent growth, to developments out of Nvidia’s annual flagship event or the GTC in San Jose, more economic and corporate headlines remain in focus. On Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Dan Chang, Investment Specialist and Trading Representative, PhillipCapital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.