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STI dips slightly ahead of US-China talks

Straits Times Index loses 4.73 points or 0.15% to close at 3,204.71, dragged mainly by Jardine Matheson's 1.4% fall to US$64.03

Published Mon, Aug 20, 2018 · 09:50 PM

SINGAPORE stocks reversed course to end slightly lower on Monday despite opening higher following a strong Wall Street finish last Friday.

The Straits Times Index (STI) fell 4.73 points or 0.15 per cent to close at 3,204.71, dragged mainly by Jardine Matheson which lost 1.4 per cent to US$64.03.

Gainers outnumbered losers 208 to 191, with about 1.28 billion shares worth S$859.1 million in total changing hands.

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