Singapore stocks incurred losses on Thursday, tracking regional gains with US President, Donald Trump's admin estimating a cost of around $11.3 billion in the first six days of its war on Iran.
The Straits Times Index (STI), a key benchmark for the Singapore Exchange, ranged between 4,819.62 and 4,869.45 throughout the day. It ended the session at 4,855.33, down 8.48 points or 0.17% compared to Wednesday's close.
In corporate news, shares of UI Boustead REIT (SGX:UIBU) closed nearly 9% lower as it made its debut on the Singapore Exchange on Thursday, opening at SG$0.805 per share, below its IPO price of SG$0.88 per share.
Shares of RH PetroGas (SGX:T13) were up nearly 7% at the close as it enlisted the services of AiRTS to design and build a system to allow oversight of its procurement operations through AI.
Meanwhile, Serial System (SGX:S69) closed nearly 3% higher as it agreed to issue around 21.0 million shares in its subsidiary, Serial Achieva (SGX:XHV), to UFCT Technology at a price of SG$0.22 per share to raise around SG$4.6 million.

