SINGAPORE stocks resumed trading essentially flat on Thursday after the midday lunch break, with the Straits Times Index shedding 0.27 of a point, or 0.01 per cent to 3,176.3 as at 1.22pm.

Losers outnumbered gainers 178 to 125, as some 805.3 million shares worth S$435.8 million in total changed hands.

The most actively traded counter was Rex International with 26.3 million shares traded, down 0.93 per cent to 10.7 Singapore cents. Other actives included Ezion with 25.13 million units traded, flat at 7.2 Singapore cents, and KrisEnergy with 21.12 million shares changing hands, up 2.89 per cent to 10.7 Singapore cents.

Among active index stocks, DBS rose 0.32 per cent to S$25.18, while Singtel dipped 0.32 per cent to S$3.15.