{
  "id": 16031623,
  "title": "Singapore shares end lower as local banks decline; STI down 0.4%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/singapore-shares-end-lower-as-local-banks-decline-sti-down-0-4",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-22T10:14:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/capital-markets-currencies/singapore-shares-end-lower-local-banks-decline-sti-down-0-4"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singapore's local bank stocks slumped Thursday, dragging the country's key blue-chip index down 0.4%. The Straits Times Index (STI) closed at 5,415.14, a 22.85 point decline. Frasers Centrepoint Trust was the lone gain leader, up 2.4% to S$2.11. Among the worst performers were Seatrium, down 2.7% to S$1.78, and local banks DBS, OCBC and UOB, all ending in the red. In the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index, Keppel Reit led with a 1.3% gain while AEM SGD dropped 6.3%. The broader market saw 198 gainers against 410 losers, with a turnover of S$1.6 billion across 1.2 billion securities.",
  "summary": "Frasers Centrepoint Trust leads gainers on Singapore’s blue-chip index",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}