Investing.com – Singapore stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate Holdings & Development and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Singapore, the Singapore Straits Time gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Singapore Straits Time were Noble Group Limited (SIN:NOBG), which rose 2.80% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.735 at the close. Meanwhile, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SIN:SGXL) added 1.28% or 0.10 points to end at 7.94 and Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SIN:GAGR) was up 1.22% or 0.005 points to 0.415 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIN:SIAL), which fell 1.58% or 0.17 points to trade at 10.62 at the close. Thai Beverage Public Co Ltd (SIN:TBEV) declined 1.29% or 0.010 points to end at 0.765 and Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ltd (SIN:JARD) was down 0.99% or 0.57 points to 56.89.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Singapore Stock Exchange by 47 to 29 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.27% or 0.17 to $60.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $63.67 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1173.70 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was down 0.08% to 1.3421, while EUR/SGD fell 0.30% to 1.5008.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.55.