Investing.com – Singapore stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Singapore, the Singapore Straits Time gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Singapore Straits Time were Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SIN:GAGR), which rose 2.47% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.415 at the close. Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIN:SIAL) added 1.86% or 0.20 points to end at 10.95 and Jardine Strategic Hldgs Ltd (SIN:JSH) was up 1.71% or 0.53 points to 31.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Comfortdelgro Corporation Ltd (SIN:CMDG), which fell 3.13% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.100 at the close. CapitaMall Trust (SIN:CMLT) declined 2.30% or 0.050 points to end at 2.120 and Noble Group Limited (SIN:NOBG) was down 1.32% or 0.010 points to 0.745.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Singapore Stock Exchange by 228 to 210 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.20% or 0.12 to $57.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.52% or 0.32 to hit $62.33 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.40 to trade at $1162.90 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was down 0.08% to 1.3521, while EUR/SGD rose 0.15% to 1.4977.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 96.41.