Investing.com – Singapore equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Real Estate Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Singapore, the FTSE Straits Times Singapore fell 1.43% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Straits Times Singapore were Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ltd (SIN:JARD), which rose 1.38% or 0.73 points to trade at 53.51 at the close. Sembcorp Industries Ltd (SIN:SCIL) added 0.81% or 0.03 points to end at 3.75 and Thai Beverage Public Co Ltd (SIN:TBEV) was up 0.65% or 0.005 points to 0.770 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SIN:GAGR), which lost 4.48% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.320 in late trade. United Overseas Bank Ltd (SIN:UOBH) declined 3.20% or 0.69 points to end at 20.86 and Wilmar International Limited (SIN:WLIL) shed 3.15% or 0.10 points to 3.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 277 to 173 and 37 ended unchanged on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.46% or 0.66 to $44.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.21% or 0.61 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.79% or 8.70 to trade at $1112.80 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was up 1.36% to 1.4001, while EUR/SGD rose 1.37% to 1.5433.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.27.