Shares of Ascott Group are likely to be suspended, now that CapitaLand has gained control of 91.7 percent of the company. Under listing rules, the Singapore Exchange may suspend a stock when its free float falls below 10 percent. In a statement, CapitaLand says it will not appeal for the trading suspension to be lifted. The company has said that it intends to take the Ascott Group private. However, it...
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Shares of investment holding company Straits Trading Co resumed trading on the Singapore Exchange at 2pm on Friday after a temporary suspension. The shares were suspended from trading after the Lee family, the main shareholder of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, improved its offer for Straits Trading to S$6.55 a share from S$5.76, bettering the S$6.50 offered by investment firm Tecity. Tecity had raised its...