Investing.com – Singapore stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Singapore, the Singapore Straits Time declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Singapore Straits Time were Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIN:SIAL), which rose 1.84% or 0.21 points to trade at 11.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SIN:GAGR) added 1.37% or 0.005 points to end at 0.370 and Singapore Exchange Ltd (SIN:SGXL) was up 1.31% or 0.11 points to 8.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd (SIN:JCYC), which fell 2.41% or 0.75 points to trade at 30.33 at the close. Jardine Strategic Hldgs Ltd (SIN:JSH) declined 2.03% or 0.65 points to end at 31.35 and Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ltd (SIN:JARD) was down 1.48% or 0.83 points to 55.17.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Singapore Stock Exchange by 269 to 189 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.46% or 0.23 to $48.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $55.07 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.22% or 13.30 to trade at $1080.80 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was up 0.23% to 1.3720, while EUR/SGD fell 0.17% to 1.5011.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 97.61.