Darco, iX Biopharma, China Flexible Packaging, Vibrant, Hoe Leong, IPCO

SINGAPORE (Sept 14): Here are some stocks that could move the market this Wednesday morning:

Darco Water Technologies announced that it has secured contracts worth $19.8 million in China, Malaysia and Singapore. This brings the total value of new contracts won to $52.8 million. Among the contracts, Wuhan Kaidi Water Services, the China subsidiary of the group, has secured a contract worth $9.9 million for reverse osmosis seawater desalination technology to provide fresh water for a heating generator power plant in Bajiao. Shares of Darco Water Technologies closed 6.2% higher at 34 cents.

Specialty pharmaceutical company iX Biopharma on Tuesday announced positive results in a pivotal bioequivalence study of its male erectile dysfunction drug. The study compared iX Biopharma’s novel sildenafil wafer, PheoniX, with a reference drug – the oral tablet Viagra. iXBiopharma says the study found that the sublingual wafer formulation of PheoniX had a similar rate and extent of drug absorption as the reference drug. Shares of iX Biopharma closed at 26 cents on Tuesday.

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