Singapore stocks: STI resumes Thursday afternoon at 3,045.92, down 2.7% on day

SINGAPORE stocks fell on Thursday afternoon's trading resumption, with the Straits Times Index declining 85.56 points or 2.7 per cent on the day to 3,045.92 as at 1.03pm.

Losers outnumbered gainers 418 to 59, or about seven securities down for every one up, as 1.1 billion securities worth S$824 million changed hands.

The most actively traded counter was Genting Singapore, which lost four Singapore cents or 4 per cent to S$0.96 with about 47 million shares changing hands.

Other actives included DISA Limited, down 0.1 Singapore cent or 16.7 per cent to S$0.005 with 42.5 million shares traded; and Thomson Medical Group, which lost 0.3 Singapore cent or 3.5 per cent to S$0.082 after 42 million shares were traded.

Active index stocks by value included DBS Group Holdings, down S$0.72 or 2.9 per cent to S$24.23; and OCBC Bank, down 2.9 per cent or S$0.32 to S$10.63.