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Keppel closes up 6.1% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Keppel rallied on Thursday (Feb 5) after the asset manager posted a 27.2 per cent increase in second-half earnings and announced former DBS chief Piyush Gupta as its chairman-designate. The counter jumped 5.9 per cent or S$0.65 to S$11.60 as at 3.08 pm, with more than 12.1 million shares changing hands. Shares…
Read MoreKeppel rises 3.2% amid higher H2 net profit, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Keppel rose on Thursday (Feb 5) after the asset manager posted a 27.2 per cent increase in second-half earnings and announced ex-DBS chief Piyush Gupta as its chairman-designate. The counter was up 3.2 per cent or S$0.35 at S$11.30 as at 9.03 am, with more than 1.5 million shares having changed hands.…
Read MoreKeppel up 4.5% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Keppel rose on Thursday (Feb 5) after the asset manager posted a 27.2 per cent increase in second-half earnings and announced former DBS chief Piyush Gupta as its chairman-designate. The counter was up 4.5 per cent or S$0.49 at S$11.44 as at 11.26 am, with more than seven million shares having changed…
Read MoreKeppel up 5% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Keppel rallied on Thursday (Feb 5) after the asset manager posted a 27.2 per cent increase in second-half earnings and announced former DBS chief Piyush Gupta as its chairman-designate. The counter jumped 5 per cent or S$0.55 to S$11.50 as at 1.10 pm, with over 9.8 million shares changing hands. This marks…
Read MoreKeppel up 5.9% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Keppel rallied on Thursday (Feb 5) after the asset manager posted a 27.2 per cent increase in second-half earnings and announced former DBS chief Piyush Gupta as its chairman-designate. The counter jumped 5.9 per cent or S$0.65 to S$11.60 as at 3.08 pm, with more than 12.1 million shares changing hands. This…
Read MoreHong Kong dollar slips as loose liquidity revs up carry trades
The one-month rate in the interbank market has dropped to the lowest since November Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 09:27 AM [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong dollar drifted down to near the weakest level since August as excess cash in the banking system spurred carry trade bets against the pegged currency. The strategy of…
Read MoreChoppy markets threaten ECB’s ‘good place’ but rates still firmly on hold
The euro zone’s central bank has been on hold since ending a year-long run of rate cuts in June Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 09:14 AM [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) is all but certain to keep interest rates unchanged on Thursday (Feb 5) and signal that no policy move is imminent, even…
Read MoreTSMC plans US$17 billion investment in three-nanometre chip production in Japan: report
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 09:01 AM [TOKYO] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to mass produce advanced three-nanometre chips in Kumamoto in southern Japan with investment totalling US$17 billion, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported on Thursday (Feb 5). Japan’s government, which has subsidised Taiwan’s leading chipmaker to build out capacity in Kyushu, is considering…
Read MoreStocks to watch: Keppel, SGX, CapitaLand China Trust, Aims Apac Reit, Digital Core Reit
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Feb 5): Source link
Read MoreStocks to watch: Keppel, SGX, CLCT, Aims Apac Reit, Digital Core Reit
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Feb 5): Source link
Read MoreNvidia’s AI chip sale to ByteDance hinges on conditions set by Trump administration
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 08:48 AM [NEW YORK] The Trump administration is willing to allow China’s ByteDance to buy Nvidia’s H200 chips, but the artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker has not agreed to proposed conditions for their use, according to a source familiar with the matter. The US said that it would approve the…
Read MoreKeppel H2 profit rises 27.2% to S$645.4 million; proposes special dividend of S$0.13 per share
Special dividend proposed given its strong progress in monetisation, says company [SINGAPORE] Keppel posted a 27.2 per cent rise in net profit to S$645.4 million for the second half ended December, up from S$507.5 million a year earlier. Profit from continuing operations over the same period rose to S$646.4 million, up 22.5 per cent from…
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