Singapore shares surged over 1.3% on Friday to end the week on a high, tracking regional and global gains, while the city-state's inflation remained steady in December 2025.

The Straits Times Index (STI), a key benchmark for the Singapore Exchange, ranged between 4,839.26 and 4,895.15 throughout the day. It ended the session at 4,891.45, up 63.13 points or about 1.3% compared to Thursday's close.

Singapore's MAS core inflation, which excludes the cost of accommodation and private transport, stood at 1.2% year on year in December 2025, unchanged from the preceding month, according to a joint release by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

In company news, Shares of Suntec REIT (SGX:T82U) were up nearly 3% at the close as its distribution per unit or DPU was up 23% during the second half of the year ended Dec. 31, 2025, to SG$0.0388 from SG$0.0315 a year earlier.

Sing Holdings (SGX:5IC) surged nearly 10% at the close, with the property developer expecting to book a "substantial increase" in its consolidated net profit for the first half of the year ended Dec. 31, 2025.

Toku (SGX:TKU) was down over 7% even after it raised around SG$16.3 million in its initial public offering on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading.