Singapore stocks finished almost flat on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 2. 74 points, or 0.09 percent, to close at 3,203.94. A total of 2.34 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 740.2 million Singapore dollars (596.0 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers 241 to 172, while 540 others finished unchanged. The STI index lost 9.47 points, or 0.29 percent, to close at 3, 201.20 on Friday.