<div id="readability-page-1"><div>SINGAPORE – Elevated crude prices reined in the performance of Singapore shares on March 13 as the Strait of Hormuz – the passageway used for transportation of a fifth of the world’s oil – remains effectively shut.Both the Straits Times Index (STI) and iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index closed lower, by 13.06 points or 0.3 per cent at 4,842.27 points, and 0.1 per cent or 1.57 points at 1,443.55 points, respectively.The STI was 0.1 per cent lower than a week ago.Defence and technology powerhouse ST Engineering was the worst STI performer at $10.88, as it ended with a 2.4 per cent or $0.27 drop.DFI Retail Group was at the other end of the spectrum, having risen 4.2 per cent or US$0.19 to US$4.69.The banking trio all ended lower. OCBC closed 0.6 per cent or $0.12 lower at $20.63, and DBS inched down 0.1 per cent or $0.06 to $55.31. UOB dipped 0.2 per cent or $0.08 to $36.16. Satellite communications company Addvalue Technologies rose 2.5 per cent or $0.002 to $0.081 after the mainboard-listed company announced plans to unlock market value from its Inter-Satellite Data Relay System business.Decliners beat gainers 313 to 266 across the broader market, with 1.4 billion securities worth $1.8 billion transacted.Private banking and asset management group LGT said investors remained unsettled by the war in the Middle East as elevated oil prices – owing to the blockage of transportation through the effectively closed Strait of Hormuz – fanned inflation fears. THE BUSINESS TIMES</div></div>

星展集團控股

華僑銀行

新科工程

大華銀行

富時新加坡海峽時報指數

3 月 13 日，因原油價格上漲，新加坡股市受到影響，海峽時報指數（STI）下跌 0.3%，報 4,842.27 點。新科工程表現最差，跌幅達到 2.4%，而 DFI 零售集團則上漲 4.2%。銀行板塊也出現下跌，華僑銀行、星展集團控股和大華銀行均收低。總體來看，下跌股票數量以 313 比 266 超過上漲股票，成交量為 14 億股。由於中東持續衝突和霍爾木茲海峽這一重要石油運輸通道的關閉，投資者對通貨膨脹仍感到擔憂

高企的原油價格限制了新加坡股市的表現，富時新加坡海峽時報指數下跌了 0.3%