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SG Morning Bell: Stocks fall at Wednesday's open; STI down 0.9%

Moomoo News ·  Apr 20, 2021 21:32  · Headline

Good morning moomooers! Here are things you need to know about today's Singapore:

  • Singapore stocks fall at Wednesday's open; STI down 0.9%

  • LHN expects at least S$17m in H1 net profit before tax

  • Keppel DC Reit Q1 DPU up 18.1% to 2.462 Singapore cents

  • Stocks to watch: DBS, LHN, shopper360, Keppel, Singapore Paincare Holdings

-Moomoo News SG

Market Trend

Singapore stocks opened lower on Wednesday, tracking the falls on Wall Street on the previous day's close.

$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ dipped 0.9 per cent or 28.87 points to 3,163.30 as at 9.02am.

Breaking News

LHN expects at least S$17m in H1 net profit before tax

Real estate management services provider $LHN(41O.SG)$ expects a higher net profit before tax of "no less than approximately S$17 million" for H1 2021, an estimated 4.5 times increase from the year-ago period, the company said on Tuesday in a preliminary update on the group's unaudited financial results.

Keppel DC Reit Q1 DPU up 18.1% to 2.462 Singapore cents

$Keppel DC Reit(AJBU.SG)$ on Tuesday posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.462 Singapore cents for the first quarter, up 18.1 per cent from the first quarter of last year, buoyed by accretive acquisitions and asset enhancements in 2020.

Distributable income went up 17.5 per cent year on year to S$42.03 million, it said in an operational update.

Stocks to watch

$DBS(D05.SG)$The largest lender in South-east Asia on Tuesday said it will acquire a 13 per cent stake in Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank for 5.29 billion yuan (S$1.08 billion), in a move that will make it the largest shareholder of the Chinese bank. Shares of DBS closed flat at S$29.02 on Tuesday, before the announcement.

$Keppel DC Reit(AJBU.SG)$The local data centre market on Tuesday posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.462 Singapore cents for the first quarter, up 18.1 per cent from Q1 last year, buoyed by accretive acquisitions and asset enhancements in 2020. Units of Keppel DC Reit closed at S$2.69 on Tuesday prior to the announcement, down 0.4 per cent or S$0.01.

$LHN(41O.SG)$The real estate management services provider expects a higher net profit before tax of "no less than approximately S$17 million" for H1 2021, an estimated 4.5 times increase from the year-ago period, the company said on Tuesday in a preliminary update on the group's unaudited financial results. Its shares closed flat at 19.8 Singapore cents on Tuesday, before the announcement.

$Shopper360(1F0.SG)$The Malaysian marketing group has proposed an investment of RM2.4 million (S$781,000) for an 8 per cent stake in PB Grocery Group, the owner of a Malaysian online grocery platform. Shares of Shopper360 last traded at 10.7 Singapore cents on Monday.

$Keppel Corp(BN4.SG)$A wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation has signed a binding term sheet with Philippine-listed Converge Information & Communications Technology Solutions to grant capacity on the Bifrost Cable System, a subsea cable system which directly connects Singapore to the west coast of North America. Shares of Keppel closed at S$5.45 on Tuesday, down S$0.07 or 1.3 per cent.

$Sing Paincare(FRQ.SG)$The Catalist-listed paincare medical services group has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire Medihealth Bishan Clinic & Surgery from Healthgivers for a total consideration of S$585,000. The acquisition will be done through Singapore Paincare's newly incorporated, 60 per cent-owned subsidiary Medihealth Clinic. The counter closed flat at 19.8 Singapore cents on Tuesday, before the announcement.

$Far East HTrust(Q5T.SG)$The real estate investment trust has inked a new partnership in Indonesia as part of a larger plan to increase its footprint within the region. According to the group's announcement on Tuesday, it has teamed up with Artotel Group, an Indonesian boutique hospitality and lifestyle group, in a strategic alliance agreement. Units of the stapled security ended 1.6 per cent or S$0.01 higher at S$0.64 on Tuesday, after the announcement.

Source: The Business Times

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