Market Update: Singapore shares slip two days ahead of Chinese New Year

Uploaded By:  Alyssa Divina Submitted By:  Staff Reporter Case Study:  No The Straits Times Index had a downfall on Wednesday trade of about 9.43 points or 0.32% closing at 2,925.84. Investors are still keeping up their trade days ahead of the Lunar New Year celebration, boosting the performances of other major Asian stock indices. About 2.28-billion securities worth S$1.14-billion changed hands, with advancers outnumbering decliners, 236 to 230. Worst performers were Genting Singapore with a 2.81% or S$0.025 loss, Thai Beverage shed about 2.42% or S$0.02, and Mapletree Logistics which went lower by S$0.04 or 2.02%. read more