Singapore stocks: STI resumes flat on Friday afternoon at 3,570.29

SINGAPORE stocks resumed trading flat on Friday afternoon, with the Straits Times Index inching up 0.27 point to 3,570.29 as at 1.01pm.

The field was roughly evenly matched with 176 gainers to 166 losers, after about 1.63 billion shares worth S$661.1 million changed hands.

The most actively traded counter by volume was Ezion, which fell 5.5 per cent, or 0.7 Singapore cent to 12.1 Singapore cents, with 112 million shares traded.

Other active index stocks included Singtel which was up 0.9 per cent, or three Singapore cents to S$3.47; and Venture Corp which was down 0.5 per cent, or 12 Singapore cents to S$22.10.