Singapore stocks: STI resumes Tuesday afternoon at 3,222.35, down 0.5%
SINGAPORE stocks resumed trading 0.5 per cent lower on Tuesday afternoon, with the Straits Times Index falling 16.59 points to 3,222.35 as at 1.01pm.
Losers outnumbered gainers 190 to 108, or about seven down for every four up, as some 885.1 million shares worth S$516.6 million in total changed hands.
The most actively traded counter was Genting Singapore, which rose one Singapore cent or 0.83 per cent to S$1.22 with 37 million shares changing hands. Other actives included Ezion with 27.66 million shares traded at 8.4 Singapore cents apiece, down 0.1 Singapore cent or 1.18 per cent and Nico Steel with 25 million shares changing hands, flat at 0.2 Singapore cent.
Active index stocks included OCBC Bank, which slid 1.3 per cent or 15 Singapore cents to S$11.36, and UOB, retreating 0.94 per cent or 25 Singapore cents to S$26.38.
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Capital Markets & Currencies
Why the yen is so weak and what that means for Japan
Europe: Stoxx ends lower as auto giants weigh; investors parse inflation data
US: Wall Street stocks fall as markets weigh strong wage data, Fed meeting
Japan may have spent 5.5 trillion yen on Apr 29 intervention, BOJ data suggests
Singapore stocks rise, tracking regional bourses; STI up 0.3%
Asia: Markets build on Wall Street rally, yen holds bounce