Market View: (SPECIALS) The Final Market View after 4 years; Fed Chair Jerome Powell to stay on as governor, ECB, BoE rate decisions in focus next; Oil prices vaults to four-year highs, Asian shares down on geopolitical risks; A lowdown on Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta’s earnings, expectations ahead of Apple’s results; Samsung’s chip profit soars 48-times due to AI spending frenzy; DBS, Wilmar, Sheng Siong, CDL to watch

Singapore shares rose today despite most Asian markets logging a negative session. The Straits Times Index was up 0.54% at 4,887.45 points at 1.22pm Singapore time, with a value turnover of S$1.45B seen in the broader market. In terms of counters to watch, we have for you DBS, after the lender posted a net profit of S$2.93 billion for its first quarter ended Mar 31, up 1 per cent from S$2.9 billion in the year-ago period. Elsewhere, from how outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed ​he would stay on as a governor for now to defend the institution's independence, to a low down of US big tech earnings ahead of Apple’s results, more international and corporate headlines remained in focus. On the final edition of Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian dived into the details with her regular Thursday guests Terence Wong, CEO, Azure Capital and David Chow, Director, Azure Capital. The trio also took a walk down memory lane to reflect the past 4 years of Market View commentaries and how the segment has evolved over the years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.