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  • Singapore stocks closed lower for a second session on Thursday, dragged by financials such as OCBC and as geopolitical tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programme continued to cast a shadow.
  • Shares in Singapore's largest taxi company, ComfortDelGro lost 1 percent, its third day of falls. The stock has been hammered after rival Grab launched what it calls "huge rental discounts" to woo its customers.
  • Keppel Corp shares fell 0.3 percent. Its unit Keppel Offshore & Marine said it has entered into a deal with Pavilion Energy and Indonesia's state-owned electricity provider PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara to distribute liquefied natural gas to remote areas in west Indonesia.
  • Investment holding company CITIC Envirotech said it will acquire 60 percent stake in environmental and utility firm CITIC Qingyuan for 378 million yuan (S$78.3 million). The stock was rose 2 percent.