AS people spruce up their work-from-home stations with the latest gizmos and gadgets, mainboard-listed Ban Leong Technologies had inadvertently become a pandemic beneficiary.

Ban Leong Technologies has reported earnings of $7.2 million for the FY2020/2021 ended March, 160.5% – or 2.6 times – higher than earnings of $2.8 million in the year before. The higher earnings were attributable to higher revenue, gross profit, as well as other operating income during the year....

FOR the four trading sessions that spanned April 5 to 8, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.2 per cent while the Nikkei 225 Index, Hang Seng Index and S&P/ASX 200 Index averaged a 0.7 per cent gain. This has brought the STI's total return for the 2021 year to April 8 to 12.6 per cent. Over the...

FOR the five local trading sessions that spanned Jan 29 to Feb 4, the Straits Times Index (STI) declined 0.5 per cent while the Nikkei 225 Index, Hang Seng Index and S&P/ASX 200 Index averaged a 1.4 per cent gain. Within the STI, UOB Bank, Wilmar International and OCBC have seen the highest net inst...

FOR the five local trading sessions that spanned Jan 15 to 21, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.6 per cent with the Nikkei 225 Index, Hang Seng Index and S&P/ASX 200 Index averaging 1.8 per cent gains. This has brought the STI's total return for the 2021 year to Jan 21 to 6.5 per cent. Within ...