Advertisement
Singapore markets close in 5 hours 56 minutes
  • Straits Times Index

    3,173.03
    +1.10 (+0.03%)
     
  • Nikkei

    39,596.29
    -144.15 (-0.36%)
     
  • Hang Seng

    16,597.15
    -139.97 (-0.84%)
     
  • FTSE 100

    7,722.55
    -4.87 (-0.06%)
     
  • Bitcoin USD

    65,867.45
    -1,927.30 (-2.84%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    885.54
    0.00 (0.00%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,149.42
    +32.33 (+0.63%)
     
  • Dow

    38,790.43
    +75.66 (+0.20%)
     
  • Nasdaq

    16,103.45
    +130.27 (+0.82%)
     
  • Gold

    2,164.10
    -0.20 (-0.01%)
     
  • Crude Oil

    82.56
    -0.16 (-0.19%)
     
  • 10-Yr Bond

    4.3400
    +0.0360 (+0.84%)
     
  • FTSE Bursa Malaysia

    1,549.53
    -4.11 (-0.26%)
     
  • Jakarta Composite Index

    7,360.53
    +58.08 (+0.80%)
     
  • PSE Index

    6,889.10
    +35.81 (+0.52%)
     

S&P upgrades Cyprus on better economic performance

Standard & Poor's upgrades Cyprus 1 notch to B on better than expected economic performance

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's is more upbeat about Cyprus' public finances following a better-than-expected performance since the country's financial rescue a year ago.

The agency upgraded Cyprus' rating by one notch to B and said the outlook remains positive, which could augur further upgrades in the next year.

It said a resilient Cypriot economy hasn't shrunk as much as anticipated and that the government is meeting all the fiscal targets set out in its bailout deal with other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund.

The agency said Friday that risks to financial stability remain, mainly related to a banking sector that is hobbled by many bad loans.

The bailout crushed Cyprus' banking sector after sanctioning a grab of uninsured savings in its two largest banks.