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Singapore stocks close 1.51 pct lower

Xinhua, August 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 46.90 points, or 1.51 percent, to close at 3,067.35.

A total of 1.33 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 06 billion Singapore dollars (749.1 million U.S. dollars).

Decliners outnumbered gainers 346 to 110, while 483 others finished unchanged.

The STI index gained 22.47 points, or 0.73 percent, to close at 3,114.25 on Friday. Endi