Investing.com – Singapore stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Singapore, the FTSE Straits Times Singapore added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE Straits Times Singapore were Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SIN:GAGR), which rose 3.08% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.335 at the close. Meanwhile, Noble Group Limited (SIN:NOBG) added 2.65% or 0.015 points to end at 0.580 and Starhub Ltd (SIN:STAR) was up 2.13% or 0.08 points to 3.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Olam International Limited (SIN:OLAM), which fell 2.17% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.800 at the close. Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SIN:HKLD) declined 1.39% or 0.11 points to end at 7.79 and Keppel Corporation Limited (SIN:KPLM) was down 1.31% or 0.10 points to 7.52.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Singapore Stock Exchange by 267 to 186 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.58% or 0.26 to $44.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $49.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1084.40 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was up 0.20% to 1.3866, while EUR/SGD rose 0.08% to 1.5108.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.02.