Investing.com – Singapore equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Singapore, the Singapore Straits Time lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Singapore Straits Time were City Developments Limited (SIN:CTDM), which rose 0.81% or 0.08 points to trade at 9.97 at the close. Thai Beverage Public Co Ltd (SIN:TBEV) added 0.65% or 0.005 points to end at 0.770 and SIA Engineering Co Ltd (SIN:SIAE) was up 0.52% or 0.02 points to 3.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Noble Group Limited (SIN:NOBG), which lost 4.67% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.715 in late trade. Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd (SIN:JCYC) declined 3.54% or 1.12 points to end at 30.56 and Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SIN:HKLD) shed 2.87% or 0.24 points to 8.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 324 to 115 and 34 ended unchanged on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.90% or 1.05 to $54.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.30% or 1.39 to hit $58.94 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.70 to trade at $1164.10 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was up 0.26% to 1.3494, while EUR/SGD fell 0.27% to 1.4895.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.60.