STI edges down 0.2% even as regional bourses track US gains

Singapore stocks ended lower on Nov 25, even as regional bourses largely finished higher.

- Tan Nai Lun

The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.2 per cent, or 11 points, to finish at 4,485.63. The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index, meanwhile, gained 0.3 per cent, or 3.71 points, to 1,442.38.

Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 310 to 247 after 1.3 billion securities worth $1.4 billion changed hands.

Key regional indexes were largely up. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gained 0.7 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 0.1 per cent and South Korea’s Kospi was up 0.3 per cent.