Singapore Shares Crash to End Week in Red; Singtel Ends Nearly 1% Lower as Fiscal Q3 Net Profit Plunges 12%
Singapore Shares Crash to End Week in Red; Singtel Ends Nearly 1% Lower as Fiscal Q3 Net Profit Plunges 12%
Singapore Strait Times Index stocks fell on Friday and end ended the week more than 1% lower, following declines from local banks.
在当地银行下跌之后，新加坡海峡时报指数股价周五下跌，本周收盘下跌超过1％。
During the day, the benchmark index ranged between 3,179.35 and 3,216.65, ending 1.18% or 38.03 points lower at 3,184.91.
当天，基准指数在3,179.35至3,216.65之间，收盘下跌1.18％或38.03点，至3,184.91点。
In economic news, Singapore's consumer price index fell 2.9% year on year in January, compared with a 3.7% decline in December 2023.
在经济新闻方面，新加坡1月份的消费者物价指数同比下降2.9％，而2023年12月的下降幅度为3.7％。
Separately, Bank of America revised Singapore's GDP forecast for the fourth quarter of 2023 down to 2.2%.
另外，美国银行将新加坡对2023年第四季度的国内生产总值预测下调至2.2％。
In corporate news, Singtel's (SGX:Z74) share fell nearly 1% on Friday's close, as it booked a net profit of SG$465 million in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2023, down 12.5% from SG$532 million in the year-ago period.
在企业新闻方面，新加坡电信（新加坡证券交易所股票代码：Z74）的股价在周五收盘时下跌了近1％，截至2023年12月31日的第三财季净利润为4.65亿新元，较去年同期的5.32亿新加坡元下降了12.5％。
Genting Singapore (SGX:G13) closed nearly 10% lower on Friday, even as its net profit ballooned 31% to SG$334.9 million in the second half of 2023, from SG$255.7 million a year earlier.
云顶新加坡（新加坡证券交易所股票代码：G13）周五收盘下跌近10％，尽管其净利润从去年同期的2.557亿新加坡元激增了31％，至2023年下半年的3.349亿新加坡元。
Kingsmen Creatives (SGX:5MZ) booked a 63.5% decrease in its profit attributable to equity holders for the second half of the year to SG$2.3 million, from SG$6.2 million a year earlier, sending the company's shares down 7% at market close.
Kingsmen Creatives（新加坡证券交易所股票代码：5MZ）预计，下半年归属于股东的利润从去年同期的620万新加坡元下降了63.5％，至230万新元，使该公司的股价在收盘时下跌了7％。