Singapore stocks close 0.13 pct lower

Singapore stocks finished lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 4.69 points, or 0.13 percent, to close at 3,482.70. A total of 1.50 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 02 billion Singapore dollars (766.9 million U.S. dollars). Decliners outnumbered gainers 287 to 178, while 472 others finished unchanged. The STI index gained up 0.24 points, or 0.01 percent, to close at 3,487.39 on Thursday. Endi