Singapore stocks close 0.40 pct lower

Singapore stocks finished lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 13.34 points, or 0.40 percent, to close at 3,320.33.

A total of 1.42 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 01 billion Singapore dollars (737.3 million U.S. dollars).

Decliners outnumbered gainers 297 to 139, while 518 others finished unchanged.

The STI index lost 11.23 points, or 0.34 percent, to close at 3, 333.67 on Friday. Endi