O&M concerns return with a vengeance
Banks among top index losers as selling in market resumes after Monday's short-covering bounce
MONDAY'S short-covering bounce having been completed paved the way for the selling to resume on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index (STI) plunging 35.85 points or 1.2 per cent to 2,856.67 as concerns over the health of the offshore and marine (O&M) sector took grip.
Banks were among the top index losers, though the largest fall was reserved for Singtel, which traded ex-dividend and whose S$0.13 drop to S$4.05 cut 13 points off the STI.
Turnover amounted to a moderate 1.3 billion units worth S$1.03 billion but this would have likely been higher had Hong Kong not been closed because of Typhoon Nida. Excludi…
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