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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-DBS upgrades NOL to hold; target S$1.23 Aug 3rd 2012, 04:30 Fri Aug 3, 2012 12:30am EDT DBS Vickers upgraded container shipping firm Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) to hold from fully valued and raised its target price to S$1.23 from S$1.00, citing a stabilising outlook. NOL shares were down 2.1 percent at S$1.15 on Friday. The stock has gained around 2 percent so far this year versus the nearly 15 percent gain in the broader Straits Times Index . NOL results are set to improve in the second quarter, driven by higher freight rates, lower bunker fuel prices and cost-saving initiatives, DBS said, though it warned that the risk of a gradual decline in rates remains amid benign demand currently. "The unfavourable containership demand-supply mismatch continues to pressure rates, but we are looking for a gradual slide downwards in 2H12 (the second half of 2012) at worst, unlike the sharp fall last year," DBS said. 1216 (0416 GMT) (Reporting by Eveline Danubrata in Singapore; eveline.danubrata@thomsonreuters.com) ************************************************************ 11:13 STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-CIMB, DMG cut Sembcorp Marine target CIMB Research and DMG & Partners Securities cut their target prices on Singapore's Sembcorp Marine Ltd after the world's second-largest rig builder reported a 4.6 percent fall in second-quarter net profit to S$142.8 million ($114.3 million). Sembcorp Marine shares were down 0.6 percent at S$4.85 on Friday. The stock has risen about 27 percent so far this year versus the nearly 15 percent gain in the broader Straits Times Index. CIMB cut its target price to S$5.85 from S$6.50, after reducing its earnings per share (EPS) estimates by 6-11 percent for Sembcorp's 2012-2014 fiscal years. CIMB said Sembcorp's first-half core net profit was weaker than expected as the company executed lower-margin projects secured during the 2009-2010 order drought. The weakening U.S. dollar and euro also dragged margins down, it added. But sustained high oil price, stronger pick-up in the second half of 2012 and order flows could be the stock's catalyst, said CIMB, which has an outperform rating on Sembcorp. DMG lowered its target price to S$5.70 from S$5.80, after cutting its EPS estimates by 5 percent for the 2012 fiscal year and by 10 percent for 2013 on lower margin assumptions, and kept its buy rating. Sembcorp maintained its operating margin target of 14-15 percent for 2012 as it expects margins to improve once the higher-priced jack-up rig orders are executed, the broker noted. 1050 (0250 GMT) (Reporting by Eveline Danubrata in Singapore; eveline.danubrata@thomsonreuters.com) ($1 = 1.2495 Singapore dollars) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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