Singapore Hot Stocks- Neptune Orient in focus

SINGAPORE, March 31 (Reuters) - Neptune Orient Lines (NOL)
(NEPS.SI), the world's seventh-largest container shipper, may
be in focus on Tuesday after it said it carried 21 percent
fewer containers in the four weeks to March 6 versus a year
ago.

U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday as two major U.S. automakers
took a step closer to potential bankruptcy, and a spate of
European bank rescues heightened concerns over the financial
system's health, putting the brakes on a recent run-up.
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INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG
S&P 500 .SPX 787.53 -3.48% -28.410
USD/JPY JPY= 97.63 0.37% 0.360
10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR 2.7244 -- 0.011
SPOT GOLD XAU= 917.55 0.14% 1.250
US CRUDE CLc1 48.73 0.66% 0.320
DOW JONES .DJI 7522.02 -3.27% -254.16
ASIA ADRS .BKAS 87.26 -4.88% -4.48
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> Wall St hits the brakes on autos, bank woes [.N]
> Auto, bank worries lift safe-haven dollar, yen [USD/]
> Bonds benefit from renewed slump in stocks [US/]
> Gold turns lower as dollar rise, deleveraging weigh [GOL/]
> Oil falls over 7 pct on dollar, stock market [O/R]

Stocks and factors to watch:

-- NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES (NEPS.SI)

- Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the world's seventh-largest
container shipper, said it carried 21 percent fewer containers
in the four weeks for March 6 versus a year ago.[ID:nSIN79367]

-- SKY ONE HOLDINGS (SOHL.SI)

- Contract equipment manufacturer Sky One said it expects
sales and profits for its full year ending March 31, 2009 to be
lower due to the higher cost of customs clearances during the
Beijing Olympics, a decrease in the volume of goods handled in
the second half of financial year 2009, and an increase in
corporate expenses. [ID:nSN3U10611]

-- TRANSCU GROUP (TRSU.SI)

- Pharmaceutical company Transcu said it will issue up to
S$80 million of one percent convertible notes to subscriber
Advance Opportunities Fund. [ID:nSN3U11271]

- Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index .FTSTI fell
4.15 percent to 1,673.14 points on Monday.

- The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI dropped 3.27
percent to 7,522.02 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC
was down by 2.81 percent to 1,501.80 points.
(Reporting by Kash Cheong; Editing by Kevin Lim)