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Singapore stocks close 1.32 pct lower

Xinhua, September 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 38. 67 points, or 1.32 percent, to close at 2,882.77.

A total of 1.80 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 11 billion Singapore dollars (790.2 million U.S. dollars).

Decliners outnumbered gainers 301 to 130, while 511 others finished unchanged.

The STI index lost 34.50 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at 2, 921.44 on Monday. Endi