Singapore: STI down 0.46%, trips on bumpy Wall Street
THE Straits Times Index (STI) stumbled right off the blocks on Wednesday to slip 15.61 points or 0.46 per cent at 3,382.65 as at 9.04am, tripped up by a bumpy Wall Street that fell overnight on renewed fears of an early interest rate hike.
Leading the most active stocks as at 9.06am were Magnus Energy, down 0.1 Singapore cent at 0.3 Singapore cent, and Noble Group, down 4.5 Singapore cent at 89 Singapore cents.
A total of 123.4 million shares worth S$119.1 million were traded as at 9.06am. Losers outnumbered gainers 117 to 43.
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