Hot stock: NOL drops after announcing pre-tax losses for three years
NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) fell 0.04 cent within the first half hour of trading on Monday, and was one of the top-traded stocks.
On Friday, it gave notice that it had recorded pre-tax losses for three consecutive years. For the full year of 2014, the national shipping line's net loss more than trebled to US$260 million from US$76 million. Its full-year pre-tax loss was US$216.9 million, against 2013's US$15.8 million.
As at 9.37am on Monday, it was trading at 97.5 cents.
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