by perfectstorm on February 9th, 2010, 11:14 am
STI down 0.5%; commodity, O&M plays lead falls
Singapore shares head lower as bearish Wall Street cues, continued worries over Europe debt troubles keep buyers at bay.
The STI is down 0.5% to 2,680.24 as at 9:48 a.m. with near-term support tipped at yesterday’s intraday low at 2,665.
“We’ve moved into a phase of lower lows and lower highs, the mentality at the moment is to trim stakes on any rebound,” says a trader at a local house, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
Global economic growth-sensitive commodity and offshore & marine blue chips are taking the brunt of the sell-off with Noble (N21.SG) down 2.2% at $2.67, SembMarine (S51.SG) down 1.8% at $3.26.
But SingTel (Z74.SG) is bucking the market, last trading up 1.7% at $3 after fiscal 3Q10 results came in ahead of market expectations. Broad market volume thin, similar to yesterday’s; losers outnumber gainers five to one
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