Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.51%

Submitted By:  Shaina Teope Case Study:  No Singtel saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 1.25% contraction. The Straits Times Index ended 16.37 or 0.51% lower at 3,196.63. The top active stocks were Singtel, which fell 1.25%, DBS, which inched down 0.82%, UOB, which slid 0.92%, OCBC Bank, which dropped 0.36%, and CapitaLand with a 0.8% decline. The FTSE Mid Cap rose 0.09% whilst the FTSE Small Cap inched down 0.11%.