Stocks to watch: UOL Group, ComfortDelGro, Singpost, Dasin Retail Trust, Medtecs International
SU HUI NATASHA LYE
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Aug 15):
UOL Group: The property and hospitality group posted earnings of S$371 million for the first half-year ended June, up 306 per cent from S$91.3 million in the year-ago period. The group said that the increase was spearheaded by fair-value gains of S$190 million in H1, compared to fair-value losses of S$16.9 million in the corresponding period last year. Shares of OUL Group ended Friday S$0.01 or 0.1 per cent lower at S$7.34.
ComfortDelGro : The transport giant posted a 30.4 per cent increase in net profit to S$118.7 million for the first half of 2022 on Monday, up from S$91 million a year earlier. The company declared an interim dividend of S$0.0285 per share and a special dividend of S$0.0141. This is higher than the S$0.021 interim dividend paid out for the same period a year earlier. The stock remained unchanged, closing at S$1.46 at Friday’s close.