{"id":115585,"date":"2026-05-02T21:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/top-stock-market-highlights-of-the-week-us-federal-reserve-boustead-singapore-nanofilm-technologies-and-capitaland-integrated-commercial-trust\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T21:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:14:20","slug":"top-stock-market-highlights-of-the-week-us-federal-reserve-boustead-singapore-nanofilm-technologies-and-capitaland-integrated-commercial-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/top-stock-market-highlights-of-the-week-us-federal-reserve-boustead-singapore-nanofilm-technologies-and-capitaland-integrated-commercial-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: US Federal Reserve, Boustead Singapore, Nanofilm Technologies and Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>From historic power struggles in Washington to record-breaking contract wins in Singapore, this week&#8217;s landscape was defined by high-risk transitions and structural developments. The US Federal Reserve kept rates steady, yet the decision was overshadowed by the heaviest internal dissent since 1992 and Jerome Powell&#8217;s strategic move to remain on the board. back home, <strong>Boustead Singapore<\/strong> (SGX:F9D) wins record S$400 million contract <strong>Nanofilm Technologies International<\/strong> (SGX:MZH) shares surged 40% on strong margin recovery. Meanwhile, one of Singapore&#8217;s largest <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thesmartinvestor.com.sg\/a-smart-guide-to-investing-an-introduction-to-reits-part-1-2\/\">REITs<\/a> Unveiled a S$160 million &#8220;green&#8221; revamp of Plaza Singapura.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-fed-holds-rates-amid-historic-dissent-as-powell-vows-to-stay\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fed keeps rates on hold amid historic dissent as Powell vows to stay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/newsevents\/pressreleases\/monetary20260429a.htm\">US Federal Reserve<\/a> kept interest rates at 3.5% to 3.75%, but the 8-4 vote saw the most dissent since 1992. Three officials objected to signs of future rate cuts, while a fourth, Stephen Miron, voted in favor of an immediate quarter-point cut. Adding to the drama, outgoing Chairman Jerome Powell announced that he will remain on the Board of Governors after May 15&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v4.0\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"3nfhalVK\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"blyG8KXs\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From historic power struggles in Washington to record-breaking contract wins in Singapore, this week&#8217;s landscape was defined by high-risk transitions and structural developments. The US Federal Reserve kept rates steady, yet the decision was overshadowed by the heaviest internal dissent since 1992 and Jerome Powell&#8217;s strategic move to remain on the board. back home, Boustead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[27832,11452,1419,1258,1782,7204,1357,26231,10828,2389,1265,2766,1268,1753,441],"class_list":{"0":"post-115585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-meditation","8":"tag-boustead","9":"tag-capitaland","10":"tag-commercial","11":"tag-federal","12":"tag-highlights","13":"tag-integrated","14":"tag-market","15":"tag-nanofilm","16":"tag-reserve","17":"tag-singapore","18":"tag-stock","19":"tag-technologies","20":"tag-top","21":"tag-trust","22":"tag-week"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115587,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115585\/revisions\/115587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}