<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>(July 5): Shares of SIA Engineering Co Ltd rise as much as 8.8% to S$2.960 in their best intraday session since Oct 2008</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>DBS upgrades the stock to "buy" from "hold", raises price target (PT) to S$3.01 from S$2.60; cites renewed optimism over privatisation of co by parent Singapore Airlines</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"Given SIE's rather uninspiring stock price performance over the last 12 months, parent SIA could thus view current valuations as attractive for privatisation," DBS says</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"The rationale for privatization is also pretty strong, in our view, as SIA currently has close to a 78% stake in its maintenance, repair, operations unit, and the benefits of keeping SIE listed is not entirely apparent," DBS says</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>DBS says PT upgrade factors in a 20% privatisation premium to the aircraft maintenance provider's last traded price</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Stock at its highest since early-Oct 2018</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>About 10.3 mln shares traded, compared with 30-day avg vol of 432,483 shares</p></div>


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<p>FRANKFURT/PEISSENBERG, Germany (Nov 1): German ministers threatened tough penalties for looters and rioters who damaged stores and injured more than 100 police officers in Frankfurt overnight, while praising security forces for preventing wider violence.</p>

<p>Frankfurt emerged as the main fl...

<p>Oil dropped ahead of Tuesday’s US midterm elections despite fresh attacks on vessels around the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian threats to broaden retaliation if the US renews strikes.</p>


<p>BEIJING/Hong Kong (Nov 2):&nbsp;Five of China's largest state-owned banks reported quarterly profit growth of between 6% and 11%, supported by stabilising net interest margins (NIM) and steadier asset quality, even as a slowing economy continued to weigh.</p>

<p>Each of the five lenders posted...

<p>(Nov 1):- The stock market got a long-awaited jolt of volatility late last week after disappointing earnings from technology giants added to angst around the AI-driven rally.</p>

<p>Now traders are bracing for further shocks this week from the US midterm elections and Nvidia Corp. earnings lat...