March FY results: Two in black for every one in red

Singapore

SOME 91 companies listed on the Singapore Exchange that saw their fiscal year end in March 2018 reported combined full-year earnings of S$9.1 billion - 37.9 per cent higher than the same period last year.

This was based on a compilation by The Business Times as at May 31, 2018. Of these companies, there were two companies in the black for every one that was in the red.

Companies that did notably well include Singapore Post, which saw its net profit for the full year more than treble to S$126.4 million, on an 8.6 per cent swel…