Shikhar Gupta
JOURNALIST
Shikhar Gupta is a Breaking News Journalist at The Business Times. He previously worked at Bloomberg News, covering transport, healthcare, and consumer stories.
STI drops as much as 1.7% as Asia markets hit by tech sell-off
The Kospi sinks as much as 8.8% led by steep losses in chipmakers
Lum Chang Creations says still evaluating mainboard transfer due to ‘market volatility’
Company adds it will also hold off on the listing and quotation of the bonus shares
UMS signs pact for joint venture with three Vietnamese precision engineering firms
UMS intends to invest about US$3.6 million for a 51.6% stake in the new company
Lenovo’s 3D scans were made for the Fifa World Cup, but true value may lie in video games
Its AI chatbot will launch with an empty playbook, but its scans could yield a multibillion-dollar IP pipeline
Singapore stocks slide as Iran ceasefire wavers, Fed rate hike fears grow
STI down 1%; DBS leads decline, dropping 1.3% to wipe out S$2.3 billion in market value
Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust sells French warehouse asset Parc de Meslay for 5.7 million euros
CEO of the managers says the divestment is part of the trust’s ongoing portfolio optimisation initiatives
Clar buys Tuas logistics property for S$133.9 million
The transaction is expected to be accretive to CapitaLand Ascendas Reit’s DPU
Stocks to watch: Singtel, CDL
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (May 21):
CDL’s Singapore property sales fall to S$609.6 million in Q1, global hotel RevPAR rises 4.3%
For the three months ended Mar 31, the group and its joint venture associates sold 242 units
Singapore stocks end lower amid downbeat regional showing; STI down 0.5%
Wilmar International leads the gainers on the blue-chip index, rising 2.2%