Investing.com – Singapore equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Real Estate Holdings & Development sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Singapore, the Singapore Straits Time gained 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Singapore Straits Time were Singapore Exchange Ltd (SIN:SGXL), which rose 2.08% or 0.17 points to trade at 8.35 at the close. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (SIN:OCBC) added 1.27% or 0.13 points to end at 10.33 and Capitaland Limited (SIN:CATL) was up 1.18% or 0.04 points to 3.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Noble Group Limited (SIN:NOBG), which lost 1.47% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.670 in late trade. Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SIN:GAGR) declined 1.32% or 0.005 points to end at 0.375 and Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ltd (SIN:JARD) shed 1.17% or 0.66 points to 55.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 232 to 186 and 52 ended unchanged on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.94% or 0.48 to $51.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.03% or 0.59 to hit $57.71 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.34% or 3.90 to trade at $1143.50 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was up 0.13% to 1.3674, while EUR/SGD fell 0.37% to 1.4895.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 97.64.