Singapore shares closed 0.8 per cent lower on Tuesday with the
Straits Times Index shedding 28.47 points to 3442.33 following a drop in
the United States equities.
All eyes are on Greece's bailout talks, with the European Central
Bank due to reassess the emergency liquidity lines for the Greek banking
system on Wednesday.
The local benchmark index was dragged down mainly by the three local
banks. DBS fell S$0.27 to S$20.86, OCBC declined S$0.12 to S$10.39 while
UOB dropped S$0.31 to S$24.09.
About 1.34 billion shares worth S$1.15 billion in total changed
hands, which worked out to an average unit price of S$0.86 per share.
The most actively traded stock was Golden Agri-Resources, which rose
S$0.02 to S$0.44 with 86.2 million shares changing hands. Other actives
included Pacific Andes and KLW.
Losers outnumbered gainers 284 to 154, or about two down for every one up.
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