Singapore stocks close lower on Thursday ahead of long weekend

$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ fell 0.9 per cent or 27.7 points to close at 3,224.01. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 297 to 240, with 1.5 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion changing hands.

The biggest gainer on the STI was $YZJ Shipbldg SGD(BS6.SG)$ , which climbed 3.2 per cent or S$0.06 to S$1.91.

The biggest decliner on the index was real estate investment manager $CapitaLandInvest(9CI.SG)$ , which fell 2.6 per cent or S$0.07 to S$2.68.

The most actively traded counter by volume was $Seatrium(S51.SG)$ , with 279.1 million shares worth S$22.1 million changing hands. The counter ended flat at S$0.079.