Singapore Shares May Take Further Damage On Thursday
Singapore Shares May Take Further Damage On Thursday
The Singapore stock market on Wednesday wrote a finish to the four-day winning streak in which it had picked up almost 90 points or 2.8 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,440-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Thursday.
週三，新加坡股市結束了連續四天上漲並增長了近90點或2.8％的勢頭。海峽時報指數目前位於3,440點附近，並可能在週四進一步下跌。
The global forecast for the Asian markets suggests little movement ahead of key U.S. unemployment data on Friday. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were mixed and flat and the Asian markets figure to follow the latter lead.
全球市場對亞洲市場的預測顯示，主要取決於週五的美國失業數據，預計亞洲市場將跟隨美股平穩走勢。歐洲市場下跌，美國市場偏弱平穩，預計亞洲市場將跟隨美股平穩走勢。
The STI finished sharply lower on Wednesday following losses from the financial shares, property stocks and industrial issues.
新加坡股票指數週三收盤大幅下跌，這歸因於金融股、房地產股和工業股的下挫。
For the day, the index slumped 38.96 points or 1.12 percent to finish at 3,441.38 after trading between 3,412.47 and 3,442.27.
當天，指數下跌38.96點，或1.12％，收於3,441.38點，盤中交投區間在3,412.47和3,442.27之間。
Among the actives, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust plummeted 3.29 percent, while City Developments skidded 1.33 percent, Comfort DelGro rallied 1.42 percent, DBS Group tumbled 1.74 percent, Genting Singapore slid 0.60 percent, Hongkong Land plunged 2.70 percent, Keppel DC REIT tanked 2.36 percent, Keppel Ltd retreated 1.61 percent, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust lost 0.74 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust eased 0.41 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation surrendered 1.56 percent, SATS was down 0.55 percent, Seatrium Limited fell 0.64 percent, SembCorp Industries sank 0.81 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering slumped 1.34 percent, SingTel jumped 1.61 percent, Thai Beverage climbed 0.96 percent, Wilmar International dropped 0.96 percent, Yangzijiang Financial declined 1.43 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding shed 0.77 percent and Mapletree Logistics Trust, Emperador, CapitaLand Investment and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust were unchanged.
在活躍股中，凱德商業信託下跌3.29％，新韋大集團下跌1.33％，康福德集團上漲1.42％，星展集團下跌1.74％，新加坡雲頂國際下跌0.60％，香港置地下跌2.70％，吉寶數據中心房地產信託下跌2.36％，吉寶有限公司下跌1.61％，麥波田亞洲商業信託下跌0.74％，麥波田工業信託下跌0.41％，華僑銀行下跌1.56％，新翔集團下跌0.55％，海庭有限公司下跌0.64％，新加坡半導體工業下跌0.81％，新加坡電力工程集團下跌1.34％，新電信上漲1.61％，泰國飲料上漲0.96％，威廉國際下跌0.96％，揚子江金融下跌1.43％，揚子江造船下跌0.77％，麥波田物流信託、Emperador、凱德投資以及富通物流商業信託保持不變。
The lead from Wall Street offers little clarity as the major averages opened mixed on Wednesday, hugged the line for most of the day and finished mixed and little changed.
隨着週三美國主要股指開盤時出現混合走勢，維持該趨勢，並最終以混合不變的漲跌結束，華爾街的走勢並未給出明確的指向。
The Dow added 38.04 points or 0.09 percent to finish at 40,974.97, while the NASDAQ lost 52.00 points or 0.30 percent to close at 17,084.30 and the S&P 500 dipped 8.86 points or 0.16 percent to end at 5,520.07.
道瓊斯指數上漲38.04點，或0.09％，收於40,974.97點，納斯達克指數下跌52.00點，或0.30％，收於17,084.30點，標準普爾500指數下跌8.86點，或0.16％，收於5,520.07點。
The lackluster performance on Wall Street reflected uncertainty about the near-term outlook for the markets following the substantial volatility seen over the past couple months.
華爾街表現疲軟，反映了市場前景不確定性，這是在過去幾個月裏出現大幅波動之後的情況。
Stocks have shown a substantial rebound or late but are hampered by lingering concerns about the outlook for the economy.
股市近期出現了大幅反彈，但受到對經濟前景的擔憂的制約。
Oil prices tumbled on Wednesday amid rising concerns about the outlook for demand following reports that OPEC is planning to restore 180,000 barrels per day of voluntary production cuts beginning next month. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures for October ended down $1.14 or 1.6 percent at 69.20 a barrel, a nine-month low.
由於有報道稱OPEC計劃從下個月開始恢復18萬桶/日的自願產量削減，對需求前景感到擔憂，石油價格週三下跌。10月份的西德克薩斯州中質原油期貨收跌1.14美元，跌幅1.6%，報69.20美元/桶，爲九個月來的最低點。
Closer to home, Singapore will release July numbers for retail sales later today; in June, sales were down 3.7 percent on month and 0.6 percent on year. – RTT News
接近家門口，新加坡將在今天晚些時候發佈7月份零售銷售數據；6月份，銷售額按月下降3.7%，按年下降0.6%。- RTt新聞