Stocks to watch: Singapore Airlines, Singtel, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding

[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Mar 17):

Singapore Airlines (SIA) : Its low-cost arm Scoot posted a 17.4 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic for February, of three billion revenue passenger-kilometres. This came as SIA Group recorded passenger traffic of 12.3 billion revenue passenger-km for its two carriers over the month, a 3.8 per cent increase from the year-ago period, according to its latest operating results released on Monday. SIA shares closed flat at S$6.54 before the news.

Singtel : The local telco’s mobile services were restored after a mobile outage on Monday which lasted eight hours. The cause of the disruption is unknown, though Singtel noted that it was not a cyberattack. The counter ended 1.6 per cent or S$0.08 higher at S$5.04 on Monday.