Singapore stocks end lower on Friday
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SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Friday, with the Straits Times Index down 0.41 per cent or 13.42 points to 3,239.74.
About 1.42 billion securities worth S$1.12 billion changed hands, which worked out to an average unit price of S$0.79. Losers outnumbered gainers 249 to 165.
Among the most heavily traded by volume was ThaiBev, which gained 9.5 Singapore cents or 13.19 per cent to S$0.815 with 106.4 million shares traded. RHT Health Trust added 0.7 Singapore cent or 22.58 per cent to S$0.038, with 71.7 million units changing hands.
Among index stocks, Genting Singapore closed two Singapore cents or 1.82 per cent lower to S$1.08, while Singtel declined four Singapore cents or 1.32 per cent to S$2.99.
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