Hongkong Land’s underlying profit down 8% at US$458 million for FY2025

Earnings per share stood at US$0.5785 from a loss per share of US$0.6276 in the year before

The benchmark South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) rose 490.36 points, or 9.63%, to close at 5,583.90.

Iran war punctures strategy of ‘Sell America, Buy Asia’

Despite a rebound on Thursday, the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index has tumbled about 6% this week

As at Mar 4, only 14.9% of Aspial Lifestyle's total share capital was held in the hands of the public.
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Aspial Lifestyle shares close flat after rising 6% in intraday trade on proposed move to SGX mainboard

The transfer can enhance the company’s ability to access both equity and debt capital markets

The group is in the process of appointing a financial adviser to assist it in the review.

CSE Global undergoes strategic review after request from controlling shareholder Heliconia Capital Management

It is weighing options including potential transactions involving its shares, or all or part of its business and assets

The Kospi climbed to 5,685.47 at the open, regaining most of Wednesday’s 12.06 per cent loss.

South Korea’s Kospi leaps 12%, rebounds from worst-ever crash

[SEOUL] South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index surged as much as 12 per cent on Thursday, swiftly erasing almost all of its worst-ever daily drop a day earlier, buoyed by hopes for progress in US-Iran di...

Aspial Lifestyle proposes a transfer of the listing of the company to the mainboard of SGX.

Stocks to watch: Aims Apac Reit, Marco Polo Marine, Geo Energy Resources, Aspial Lifestyle

[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Mar 5): 

Phillip Securities' Hashim Osman says overall cargo trends “remain resilient with strong demand for high-value, time-sensitive shipments such as semiconductors in Asia-Pacific”.
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Phillip Securities upgrades Sats to ‘buy’; sees no material impact from Iran war

The brokerage hikes Sats’ target price by 15.6% to S$4.44 and lifts its earnings forecast

The Stoxx 600 closed 1.4 per cent higher at 612.71 points on Wednesday, after dropping more than 4 per cent from Friday’s record high.

European stocks rebound from selloff driven by war fears; Spain shrugs off US threats

EUROPEAN shares rebounded on Wednesday from the previous day’s bruising selloff, as investor fears over the ripple effects of a prolonged Middle East conflict ebbed for the time being, while Spanish s...

All three major US indices closed higher on Wednesday.

US stocks close higher on Iran diplomacy hopes; tech leads rebound

US STOCKS closed up on Wednesday, after a news report that Iran had signaled openness to talks and a pledge by President Donald Trump to steady oil markets calmed investor anxiety about the Mideast cl...

The S&P 500 gained 8.59 points, or 0.12%, to 6,825.22.

S&P 500 edges up after report of Iran’s secret outreach to US

[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 edged higher in choppy trading on Wednesday (Mar 4) as investors weighed a report that Iranian operatives secretively reached out to the US to pursue talks to end the conflict, ...