On 19/April, Singapore shares end lower Tuesday after Standard & Poor’s downgrades its outlook on U.S. government debt which lead to a sell-down of stock markets.

STI ended lower at 3125.37 (0.6 %) with LOW VOL of 1.08 billion shares traded compared with 1.25 billion shares Monday. In the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 287 to 173. Although STI fall 0.6% today but the volume is low and the market breadth is still relatively OK. This affirms that investors remains bullish on the market and willing to wait for more earnings outcome.

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