CapitaLand Ascott Trust H1 DPS falls 8% to S$0.0255; CEO says top up to distribution is ‘an option’
The managers attribute the decline mainly to the depreciation of foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar
CAPITALAND Ascott Trust (Clas) posted an 8 per cent drop in distribution per stapled security (DPS) to S$0.0255 for the first half ended Jun 30, from S$0.0278 in the year-ago period.
On Friday (Jul 26), the managers attributed this decline mainly to the depreciation of foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar.
Excluding non-periodic items related to realised exchange gain from the settlement of cross-currency interest rate swaps, DPS inched down by 1 per cent year on year at S$0.0241.