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SPH ends up, Keppel down after privatisation proposal

Analysts mostly positive on the expected value for both Keppel and SPH shareholders

Tan Nai Lun
Vivienne Tay
Published Tue, Aug 3, 2021 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

INVESTORS appeared to cheer Keppel Corp's surprise bid to take Singapore Press Holdings (SPH)'s non-media business private, and analysts have been mostly positive on the expected value for both Keppel and SPH shareholders.

Shares of SPH rose 2.1 per cent or S$0.04 on Tuesday, to end at S$1.92. It was among the most traded stocks of the day on the Singapore Exchange, by both value and volume, with 52.3 million shares changing hands worth S$101 million.

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