OCBC - dives more than 6% on analyst downgrade

Macquarie Warrants Singapore
10-07 16:26

⚠OCBC is the worst blue chip performer on the Straits Times Index today, as the stock heads yet lower in the PM session to be down 6.4% to $30.13 as of 215PM today

✳✴Consequently, trending OCBC call warrant $OCBC Bk MB eCW270226(JXRW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/JXRW) is seeing buying interest for 2M warrants as the warrant tumbles 37.6% to $0.073 while trending OCBC put warrant $OCBC Bk MB ePW270930(JBXW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/JBXW) is up 23.4% to $0.137

🔻OCBC was downgraded overnight by an analyst that downgraded the stock's rating to Sell and lowered their target price to $27.50

The analyst notes that OCBC will see a net interest margins contraction as SGD fixed deposit rates rise, as well as a normalisation of wealth-related income

Another analyst warned that the surging bond yields will hurt 3Q earnings for all Southeast Asian banks - with OCBC, DBS and CIMB cited as most exposed (Bloomberg)

Counterparts DBS and UOB are both trading in the red today, with DBS trading 1.1% lower to $77.68 while UOB is down 2.7% to $42.57

Trending DBS call warrant $DBS MB eCW270226(IJMW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/IJMW) and UOB call $UOB MB eCW270226(YUZW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/YUZW) are both seeing demand as the warrants fell 7% and 19.6% respectively

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Comments

  • CaesarHicks
    10-07 17:02
    CaesarHicks
    Analyst downgrade alone does not justify panic selling. Put warrants up 23% already feels like sentiment overshooting, while OCBC down 6.4% looks more emotional than structural
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