Singapore Hot Stocks-CitiDev, Hyflux in focus
SINGAPORE, Feb 26 (Reuters) - City Developments (CityDev) and Hyflux may be in focus on Thursday after CityDev posted a 20 percent fall in full-year net profit, while water treatment firm Hyflux said its sales of industrial products were likely to be flat to negative this year.
U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday after U.S. President Barack Obama warned of stricter oversight for Wall Street, raising the specter of greater regulation that investors fear could sap profits. ----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0009 GMT ------------
INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 .SPX 764.9 -1.07% -8.240 USD/JPY JPY= 97.39 0.01% 0.010 10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR 2.9337 -- 0.002 SPOT GOLD XAU= 951.1 -0.11% -1.000 US CRUDE CLc1 42.55 0.12% 0.060 DOW JONES .DJI 7270.89 -1.09% -80.05 ASIA ADRS .BKAS 80.95 -1.32% -1.08 ------------------------------------------------------------- > Wall Street sinks as Obama warns of oversight [.N] > Dollar gains broadly as risk aversion remains high [USD/] > Bonds fall as stocks pare losses, supply weighs [US/] > Gold drops below $950/oz, volatility seen [GOL/] > Oil jumps 6 percent on U.S. gasoline stock draw [O/R]
Stocks and factors to watch:
-- CITY DEVELOPMENTS (CTDM.SI)
- City Developments (CityDev), Singapore's second largest property developer, posted a 20 percent fall in full-year net profit as home sales fell and earnings from its hotel operations weakened. [ID:nSP341136]
-- HYFLUX (HYFL.SI)
- Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux said its sales of industrial products were likely to be flat to negative this year, but it saw no cancellations in its S$1.15 billion orderbook for water plants. [ID:nSP129646]
-- YANLORD LAND (YNLG.SI)
- Yanlord Land said fourth-quarter profit fell 32 percent, mainly due to a more even delivery of apartment units in 2008 as compared to its corresponding results in the previous year. The company's full-year profit rose 2 percent. [ID:nSN2Q90031]
-- BANYAN TREE (BANY.SI)
- Resort, hotel and spa company Banyan Tree posted a fourth-quarter loss of S$7 million ($4.58 million) and full-year profits tumbled by 91 percent as people cut back on travel amid political turmoil in Thailand and the global economic downturn. [ID:nSN2P42222]
- Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index .FTSTI rose 0.15 percent to 1,616.79 points on Tuesday.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 1.09 percent to 7,270.89 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down by 1.14 percent to 1,425.43 points.
(Reporting by Laurence Tan; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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