SINGAPORE stocks edged down as trading resumed on Tuesday afternoon, with the Straits Times Index slipping 0.24 per cent or 7.89 points to 3,303.64 as at 1.04pm, continuing a mute performance from the morning market open.
Losers outnumbered gainers 186 to 122, or about three securities down for every two up, after 621.2 million securities worth S$549.4 million changed hands. Among the most heavily traded by volume, Singtel moved up 0.6 per cent or S$0.02 to S$3.47 with 19.4 million shares traded. Rex International Holding held firm to S$0.074 with 19.2 million shares traded. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings declined 0.7 per cent or S$0.01 to S$1.51 with 12.9 million shares traded.
Banking stocks were mixed, with DBS Group Holdings down 0.4 per cent or S$0.10 to S$25.67; OCBC Bank unchanged at S$11.28; and United Overseas Bank, down 0.8 per cent or S$0.20 to S$25.66.Other active index stocks included Wilmar International, up 0.8 per cent or S$0.03 to S$3.63; Venture Corp, down 3.6 per cent or S$0.62 to S$16.68.
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