STI falls 0.2%, while key regional indexes close higher

Gainers outpace losers 309 to 208 on broader market Hongkong Land top gainer on index; OCBC is biggest loser Regional indexes including Nikkei, Hang Seng make gains

- Wong Chia Peck

Stocks on the Singapore market ended lower on April 25, as a smaller-than-expected gain in the Republic's manufacturing output outweighed the improvement in sentiment amid the broadly more positive tone around trade discussions.

Factory output rose 5.8 per cent year on year in March, strengthening from February's upwardly revised growth of 0.9 per cent. However, the latest reading missed private-sector economists' forecasts of an 8.1 per cent expansion in a Bloomberg poll.