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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Brokers cut Hyflux target, estimates May 4th 2012, 02:29 Thu May 3, 2012 10:29pm EDT OCBC Investment Research and Maybank Kim Eng Research lowered their price targets on Hyflux Ltd after the water treatment company reported weaker-than-expected results. OCBC cut its price target to S$1.35 from S$1.55 and maintained its hold rating, while Kim Eng reduced its target to S$1.15 from S$1.21 and maintained its sell rating. Hyflux shares were up 0.4 percent at S$1.44, having risen around 20 percent so far this year. OCBC cut its earnings forecast for Hyflux's 2012 fiscal year by 14 percent and by 11 percent for 2013 on lower margin assumptions. Due to the geographical switch in Hyflux's order book profile to Asia from Middle East and North Africa, its gross margin fell to 38 percent in its first quarter from 51 percent a year ago, OCBC said. Kim Eng downgraded its 2012-2014 earnings estimate by 10-15 percent on reduced margin assumptions. For a related story, click link.reuters.com/sym97s 1027 (0227 GMT) (Reporting by Eveline Danubrata in Singapore; eveline.danubrata@thomsonreuters.com) *********************************************************** 08:52 STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Index futures slip 0.5 pct Singapore index futures retreated 0.5 percent early on Friday, indicating a weak start for the benchmark Straits Times Index. Australian shares dropped 0.6 percent while Seoul stocks shed 0.5 percent, tracking the fall in U.S. shares overnight ahead of key jobs data. 0850 (0050 GMT) (Reporting by Eveline Danubrata in Singapore; eveline.danubrata@thomsonreuters.com) ($1 = 1.2427 Singapore dollars) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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