Losses May Accelerate For Singapore Stock Market
Losses May Accelerate For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market turned lower again on Tuesday, one day after ending the three-day losing streak in which it had slumped more than 35 points or 1 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,440-point plateau and it's expected to open in the red again on Wednesday.
新加坡股市週二轉跌，繼續終結了連跌三天的頹勢，跌超過35點或1%。海峽時報指數現在略高於3440點，預計週三再度低開。
The global forecast for the Asian markets is mixed to lower, with heavy damage expected among the technology shares. The European and U.S. markets were mixed to lower and the Asian bourses are expected to open under pressure.
全球市場預計走低，科技股將受到重創。歐美市場走低，亞洲股市受壓。
The STI finished slightly lower on Tuesday following losses from the properties, gains from the financials and a mixed picture from the industrials.
週二，指數略有下跌，地產股下跌，金融股上漲，工業股表現不一。
For the day, the index eased 2.41 points or 0.07 percent to finish at 3,441.77 after trading between 3,435.30 and 3,453.08.
當天，指數在3435.30和3453.08之間波動，最終下跌2.41點或0.07%，收於3441.77點。
Among the actives, CapitaLand Investment slumped 1.09 percent, while City Developments sank 0.75 percent, DBS Group added 0.63 percent, Hongkong Land tumbled 1.80 percent, Keppel DC REIT spiked 2.01 percent, Keppel Ltd eased 0.15 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust gained 0.43 percent, Mapletree Logistics Trust advanced 0.77 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation collected 0.20 percent, Seatrium Limited lost 0.62 percent, SingTel fell 0.65 percent, Thai Beverage dropped 0.98 percent, Wilmar International rallied 1.61 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding stumbled 1.14 percent and Emperador, Genting Singapore, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, Comfort DelGro, SATS, SembCorp Industries, Singapore Technologies Engineering, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, Yangzijiang Financial and Frasers Centrepoint Trust all were unchanged.
活躍股方面，凱德投資下跌1.09%，城市發展下跌0.75%，星展銀行上漲0.63%，恒隆地產跌幅1.8%，吉寶數據中心房地產信託上漲2.1%，吉寶下跌0.15%，美商萊佛士工業信託上漲0.43%，新加坡物流信託上漲0.77%，華僑銀行收盤上漲0.2%，海庭下跌0.62%，新電信下跌0.65%，泰國龍船下跌0.98%，沃爾瑪國際上漲1.61%，揚子江造船下跌1.14%，而帝王酒業、雲頂新加坡、凱德商業信託、康福交通、新翔集團、三寶工業、新加坡科技工程、新加坡萬國商業信託、揚子江金融和星獅地產信託等所有股票均未變化。
The lead from Wall Street is mostly negative as the major averages opened slightly higher but quickly faded and finally finished mixed.
華爾街的走勢總體上爲負，主要指數開盤略有上漲，但很快就下跌了，最終收盤爲混合。
The Dow jumped 203.40 points or 0.50 percent to finish at 40,743.33, while the NASDAQ plummeted 222.79 points or 1.28 percent to close at 17,147.42 and the S&P 500 sank 27.10 points or 0.50 percent to end at 5,436.44.
道瓊斯工業平均指數上漲203.40點或0.50%收於40743.33點，納斯達克下跌222.79點或1.28%收於17147.42點，標普500指數下跌27.10點或0.50%，收於5436.44點。
The mixed performance on Wall Street came as traders looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement later today. The Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, but the accompanying statement could have a significant impact on the outlook for the central bank's next decision in September.
華爾街的表現可視爲交易員們對聯儲局今天稍後公佈的貨幣政策決定進行前瞻。人們普遍預計聯儲局將保持利率不變，但附帶聲明可能對中央銀行下次決定的前景產生重大影響。
The steep drop by the NASDAQ came as tech stocks came under pressure as the day progressed, weighed by the likes of Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
納斯達克的大幅下跌是在科技股隨着一些公司如英偉達、微軟和美國超微等的股價下跌，市場情緒受到低迷影響時出現的。
Among tech stocks, semiconductor stocks saw some of the worst performances, resulting in a 3.9 percent nosedive by the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index. The index slumped to its lowest closing level in well over two months.
在科技股中，半導體股表現最差，導致費城半導體指數下跌3.9%。該指數跌至兩個多月以來的最低收盤水平。
Oil prices fell Tuesday amid continued concerns about the outlook for demand, and ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement and weekly inventory data later today. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for September ended down $1.08 or 1.42 percent at $74.73 a barrel. – RTT News
WTI原油期貨價格降低了1.08美元或1.42%，收於74.73美元/桶。由於對需求前景仍存擔憂，以及考慮到聯儲局今天的貨幣政策決定和周度庫存數據，油價有所下跌。