SINGAPORE stocks resumed afternoon trading in negative territory on Thursday, with the Straits Times Index falling 4.95 points, or 0.2 per cent to 3,066.15 as at 1.01pm.

Losers outnumbered gainers 187 to 130, after about 1.09 billion shares worth S$405.6 million changed hands.

The most actively traded counter was China Real Estate Group, which rose 0.1 Singapore cent to 0.2 Singapore cent, with 59.3 million shares traded.

Other active index stocks included YZJ Shipbuilding which rose 3.8 per cent to S$1.36, and OCBC which fell 1 per cent to S$10.65.