STI loses bulk of intraday gains
Index closes just 5.5 points up at 2,822 after hitting the day's high of 2,839; volume stays above S$1b mark at S$1.6b
WALL Street's all-time high on Monday made for a firm opening here on Tuesday but the reversal, when it came, was perhaps not a surprise given that observers are now convinced that the new US anti-trade administration will not be good for Asia.
So it was that after rising to an intraday high of 2,839, the Straits Times Index (STI) settled back to 2,822.2 for a net rise of just 5.53 points. The Dow futures, in the meantime, traded around 60 points higher.
The consolation - if it can be called that - was that volume remained above the S$1 billion mark at 2.4 billion units worth S$1.6 billion. Excluding warrants there were 235 rises versus 196 falls.
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