Singapore share prices closed 0.28 percent lower on Monday with little impetus for investors to step in amid worries over the impact of record-high oil prices on the economy, dealers said. The blue chip Straits Times Index (STI) gave up initial gains to close 8.37 points lower at 2,947.54.
Volume totalled 1.01 billion shares worth 1.44 billion Singapore dollars (1.06 billion US). Losing shares led gainers 340 to 203 while 944 issues were unchanged. UOB Kay Hian analyst K. Ajith said the STI was expected to come under further pressure in the near term with banking stocks among the most vulnerable. "Banking stocks in particular have not declined sufficiently in our opinion to warrant buy recommendations," he said.
All three banks closed lower. DBS fell 22 cents to 18.86 Singapore dollars, United Overseas Bank eased 34 cents to 18.62 while Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp dropped 10 cents to 8.17. Among blue chips, Singapore Airlines gave up four cents to 14.70, Singapore Telecommunications sank five cents to 3.62 and ST Engineering was off three cents at 2.75. In the property sector, CapitaLand gained 11 cents to 5.70 while City Developments rose four cents to 10.86.
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