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%
Separately, Bank of America revised Singapore's GDP forecast for the fourth quarter of 2023 down to 2.2%.Singapore Strait Times Index stocks fell on Friday and end ended the week more than 1% lower, following declines from local banks.
在當地銀行下跌之後，新加坡海峽時報指數股價週五下跌，本週收盤下跌超過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.
當天，基準指數在3,179.35至3,216.65之間，收盤下跌1.18％或38.03點，至3,184.91點。
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.
在經濟新聞方面，新加坡1月份的消費者物價指數同比下降2.9％，而2023年12月的下降幅度爲3.7％。
Separately, Bank of America revised Singapore's GDP forecast for the fourth quarter of 2023 down to 2.2%.
另外，美國銀行將新加坡對2023年第四季度的國內生產總值預測下調至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.
在企業新聞方面，新加坡電信（新加坡證券交易所股票代碼：Z74）的股價在週五收盤時下跌了近1％，截至2023年12月31日的第三財季淨利潤爲4.65億新元，較去年同期的5.32億新加坡元下降了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.
雲頂新加坡（新加坡證券交易所股票代碼：G13）週五收盤下跌近10％，儘管其淨利潤從去年同期的2.557億新加坡元激增了31％，至2023年下半年的3.349億新加坡元。
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（新加坡證券交易所股票代碼：5MZ）預計，下半年歸屬於股東的利潤從去年同期的620萬新加坡元下降了63.5％，至230萬新元，使該公司的股價在收盤時下跌了7％。
