<div id="readability-page-1"><div>[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Monday (Dec 29), tracking a mixed regional performance, while silver climbed above US$80 an ounce.The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.1 per cent or 2.51 points to finish at 4,633.64. Meanwhile, the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index gained 0.1 per cent or 1.64 points to 1,451.31.Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 308 to 241, after 1.1 billion securities worth S$810.6 million changed hands. Keppel DC Reit was the top blue-chip gainer, rising 0.9 per cent or S$0.02 to end at S$2.23.Technology player Venture Corp the biggest decliner on the STI, falling 0.6 per cent or S$0.09 to close at S$15.10.Local banks closed lower. DBS lost 0.05 per cent to finish at S$56.20, OCBC fell 0.5 per cent to finish at S$19.71, and UOB was down 0.2 per cent to finish at S$35.06.Key regional indices were mixed. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index lost 0.7 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.4 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi gained 2.2 per cent and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI gained 0.2 per cent.Against this backdrop, silver has surged 181 per cent year to date, far outpacing gold and breaking above the US$80 mark. Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management cautioned that the rally is “not a one-off headline trade”, but a case of “positioning colliding with scarcity”.He added that silver is “screaming that something in the global balance sheet is under far more strain than most portfolios are positioned to admit” as “precious metals are starting to trade with a hyperinflationary feel”.</div></div>

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新加坡股市在 12 月 29 日收盘下跌，海峡时报指数（STI）下跌 0.1%，报 4,633.64 点。iEdge 新加坡下一代 50 指数上涨 0.1%。吉宝房地产信托是涨幅最大的股票，而创业公司则是跌幅最大的股票。当地银行也出现亏损。在区域市场中，各指数表现不一。根据 SPI 资产管理的 Stephen Innes 的说法，银价飙升至 80 美元以上，年初至今上涨 181%，这表明全球金融状况可能面临压力

新加坡股市在白银价格上涨的背景下收低；海峡时报指数微跌 0.1%