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Singapore stocks close 0.90 pct lower

Xinhua, March 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 26.11 points, or 0.90 percent, to close at 2,880.69.

A total of 1.52 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1.04 billion Singapore dollars (766.2 million U.S. dollars).

Decliners outnumbered gainers 253 to 149, while 519 others finished unchanged.

The STI index gained 26.63 points, or 0.92 percent, to close at 2,906.80 on March 18. Endit