Market update: Singapore shares extend loss on Thursday trade

The Straits Times Index still ended in the red on Thursday trade, closing at 2,858.02 down by 14.78 points or 0.51%.

The second day decline was mainly dragged by investors' sentiment on the vaccine roll-out, the US Congress struggling to pass a stimulus deal, and the recent non-oil domestic exports (NODX) figures locally.

Singapore's NODX declined for two straight months, falling by about 4.9% year-on-year for the month of November.

Top stock losers were Genting Sing down by $0.87 or 2.25%, OCBC Bank losing about $10.09 or 1.37%, and Singtel down by $2.34 or 1.27%.

Meanwhile, Wall Street flickered green with Dow Jones Industrial up by 0.49% closing at 30,303.37.

The S&P 500 also ended higher by 0.58% to 3,722.48 while the NASDAQ Composite made a hefty jump by 0.84% at 12,764.75.

London's blue-chip index closed in  negative territory as the shadow of Brexit talks continued to spill in the market.

The FTSE 100 closed at 6,551.06 down by 0.30% or 19.85 points. The FTSE 250 on one hand, closed higher for the day by about 199.48 points or 0.99% at 20,296.04.