2Q earnings

SINGAPORE (Aug 3): UOL Group reported a 21% increase in earnings to $132.7 million for the 2Q18 ended June, from $109.2 million a year ago.

SINGAPORE (Aug 3): Challenger Technologies on Friday announced 2Q18 earnings increased by 2% to $4.0 million compared to $3.91 million in 2Q17 on stronger gross profit margins and lower expenses.

SINGAPORE (Aug 3): RHB is maintaining its “buy” call on United Overseas Bank (UOB) with a target price of $33.30.

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): The manager of OUE Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (OUE C-REIT) reported 2Q18 DPU dropped 7.8% to 1.06 cents, compared to 1.15 cents in 2Q17.

(Aug 2): DBS Group Holdings Ltd. shares fell after second-quarter results suffered from what Chief Executive Officer Piyush Gupta described as the worst performance in its treasury and markets operation since he took the top job almost a decade ago.

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): RHB is reiterating its “buy” recommendation on China Aviation Oil (CAO) with a target price of $1.80. CAO is also the research house’s Singapore Top Picks.

SINGAPORE (July 31): Roxy-Pacific Holdings saw its earnings fall 57% to $6.4 million for the 2Q ended June, from $14.7 million a year ago.

SINGAPORE (July 31): Koh Brothers Eco Engineering announced that its 2Q18 earnings have increased by 137% to $1.93 million from $0.82 million in 2Q17 on recognition of divestment gains.

SINGAPORE (July 30): Sheng Siong reported 2Q18 earnings increased 6.3% to $17.2 million from $16.1 million in 2Q17.

SINGAPORE (July 27): CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) has declared a distribution per stapled security (DPS) of 2.14 cents for 2Q18, 2.9% higher compared to the DPS of 2.08 cents in 2Q17.