The SGX announcements on this website are updated regularly at about 9am, 7pm, 1am every weekday.
The pricing information is updated at about 1am, 9am, 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5.30pm, and 7pm every weekday.
The yellow highlighting indicates an upward trend: prices are rising.
The trading hours of the Singapore Stock Exchange is 9am to 12pm, 1pm to 5pm.
The rows below that have no prices are announcements taken from SGX. Some announcements cause prices to rise.
Pick a good stock based on reported company results and the economic outlook.
The information here is meant for timing your stock purchase after you have decided, monitoring a stock you already own or research, or spotting announcements for deeper investigation.
If you can't stop worrying, just invest in an ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) like STI (Straits Times Index) instead for better diversification to spread the risk.
Under normal circumstances, after you have set aside enough for an emergency fund of several months to one year, you can start setting aside money for investing.