$4,180 Gone in One Afternoon: The STI "Correction" Reality Check (SGX Daily Pulse 03 Mar 2026)

Why the 4,890-point pivot feels like a cold morning at the wet market—and the forensic truth about why the “cheap” stocks are getting expensive.

🦎 Daily Pulse: SGX Digest — March 3, 2026

If you walked into the Tiong Bahru Market kopitiam this morning, you would have felt it before you even ordered your kopi o siew dai. The air wasn’t just humid; it was heavy with the kind of cautious murmuring usually reserved for a sudden hike in ERP rates. Investors are staring at the screens, watching the STI hover at 4,890.86, and the mood is as shaky as a plastic chair on an uneven void deck.