STI slips 0.6% in quiet session ahead of Polling Day
Much of the region however posted gains, from key gauges in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, S Korea, China to Australia.
SINGAPORE shares closed lower on Thursday, with the key Straits Times Index falling 16.84 points or 0.6 per cent to 2652.65 on a quiet trading day ahead of Friday's polling in the city state and the release of key US jobless data.
Much of the region however posted gains, from key gauges in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, China to Australia. Like Singapore,…
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