Singapore Shares Slide to End Week in Red; Vibrant Group Shares Slip 5%
Singapore Shares Slide to End Week in Red; Vibrant Group Shares Slip 5%
Singapore shares closed lower on Friday despite opening the session marginally higher, following overnight losses on Wall Street amid investors' expectations of reduced US Federal Reserve action.
新加坡股市周五收低，尽管开盘小幅走高，但由于投资者预计美联储将减少行动，华尔街隔夜出现跌势。
During the day, the benchmark Singapore Strait Times Index ranged between 3,152.72 and 3,195.77, ending 0.35% or 11.15 points lower at 3,176.51.
当天，基准新加坡海峡时报指数在3,152.72至3,195.77之间，收盘下跌0.35％或11.15点，至3,176.51点。
In economic news, Housing and Development Board, or HDB, rental prices edged up 0.6% in March from February, reflecting increases across all room types.
在经济新闻方面，住房与发展局（HDB），3月份的租金价格比2月份小幅上涨了0.6％，反映了所有房型的增长。
Shares of Vibrant Group (SGX:BIP) were down nearly 5% after it repurchased 878,700 shares in the open market for SG$49,141.
Vibrant Group（新加坡证券交易所股票代码：BIP）在公开市场上以49,141新加坡元回购了878,700股股票后，其股价下跌了近5％。
CSE Global's (SGX:544) shares were down over 1% even after it secured a contract variation worth $36.5 million in the Americas region.
尽管CSE Global在美洲地区获得了价值3,650万美元的合同变动，但其股价仍下跌了1％以上。
EnGro (SGX:S44) closed 2% lower on Friday, as the company agreed to sell its entire 43% stake in Qingdao Evergreen Materials and Technologies to Qingdao Special Steel for 39.6 million yuan.
EnGro（新加坡证券交易所股票代码：S44）周五收盘下跌2％，原因是该公司同意以3,960万元人民币将其在青岛长荣材料科技的全部43％股份出售给青岛特钢。