SPH ends up, Keppel down after privatisation proposal

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

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Vivienne Tay

Published Tue, Aug 3, 2021 · 09:50 PM

Market response

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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