PRE-MARKET TAIWAN & SINGAPORE STOCK NEWS: ASE Technology Holding (3711 TT) may raise capital spending despite setting a record budget for 2026; Emini Nasdaq 100 is indecisive after mixed tech price action stateside, while Asian indices mostly decline

TAIWAN

ASE Technology Holding (3711 TT) - Co. may raise capital spending despite setting a record budget for 2026, as it plans to build more than a dozen sites to meet expected AI-driven demand. (Dow Jones)

Tech - Emini Nasdaq 100 is choppy after the mixed tech price action stateside, while Asia-Pac indices are mostly on the backfoot.

Geopolitical - Taiwan President Lai said China, not Taiwan, is undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and Indo-Pacific, adding that strengthening Taiwan's self-defence capabilities is not a provocation but necessary to safeguard democracy. (Focus Taiwan)

SINGAPORE

Del Monte Pacific (DELM SP) - Co. Q4 (USD) net fell 76.9% Y/Y to 10.1mln, reflecting a USD 703.5mln FY2025 impairment tied to its US unit Del Monte Food Holdings. (Business Times)

JustCo (JCO SP) - Co. will open a new co-working centre in Singapore’s CBD, the second location of The Boring Office and its first in the CBD. (Business Times)