The Singapore Exchange on Friday reported a net profit of 218 million Singapore dollars ($162 million) for the six months through December, down 8.8% from a year earlier as securities trading declined following a COVID-driven investment boom.
The Singaporean bourse, known as SGX, operates various businesses from equities to currencies, commodities to indexes. The July-December results — its financial year starts in July — marked the second straight period of profit decline.
