• Capital, human resources and technology exchange strengthens China-ASEAN ties: experts • Three humanitarian NGO workers kidnapped in DR Congo • University, post-graduate degrees account for 38 pct of unemployment rate in Vietnam • Vietnam's capital Hanoi stock index ends up • Cambodian king returns home after medical checkup in Beijing • 1 killed, 2 injured during opposition protests in Guinea • Top news items in major Zambian media outlets • DR Congo PM, defense council members visit Beni after massacre • Sri Lanka to adopt national policy to deal with war displaced • S.Korean shares fall on expected U.S. rate hike

You are here: 　 Home

Singapore stocks close 0.54 pct lower

Xinhua, August 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 15.45 points, or 0.54 percent, to close at 2,843.35.

A total of 917 million shares changed hands with turnover of 750 million Singapore dollars (559.7 million U.S. dollars).

Decliners outnumbered gainers 230 to 150, while 526 others finished unchanged.

The STI index lost 8.41 points, or 0.29 percent, to close at 2,858.80 on Tuesday. Endit