|
Thu, July 24, 2008, Singapore


| KLCI | 1,141.59 | +2.18 | | HSI | 23,087.72 | -46.83 | | NIKKEI | 13,603.31 | +290.38 |
 |

| Dow | 11,632.38 | +29.88 | | Nasdaq | 2,325.88 | +21.92 | | S&P | 1,282.19 | +5.19 | | Wednesday Closing |
 |






|
|
|
(SEOUL) Despite a sliding stock market, bidders for South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding may have to pay a hefty premium and large fees to snap up the coveted US$4 billion asset amid upbeat prospects for the sector. (HONG KONG) STX Shipbuilding Co, the owner of Europe's largest shipyard, said that it received a 214.1 billion won (S$288 million) order from Europe for two bulk carriers, filling an opening from a cancellation. (LONDON) The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, had an eighth consecutive decline on reduced demand for so-called panamax vessels to haul grains.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|