Singapore stocks start trading week in the red alongside regional peers
Straits Times Index slips 0.6% as fears of extended lockdowns, rise in inflation in China weigh on markets.
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LOCAL shares ended the first trading day of the week in the red. Like regional stock markets, the Singapore bourse took a cue from a rise in China's inflation data.
China's March producer price index (PPI) also rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year, official data showed.
In Singapore, the benchmark Straits Times Index fell 0.6 per cent or 19.72 points on Monday (Apr 11) to close at 3,363.56.
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