Metro slides 3.3 pct after market opens .
SINGAPORE 1996-08-26
Shares in retailer Metro Holdings dropped 3.31 percent , or Singapore $ 0.20 , to S$ 5.85 minutes after the market opened on Monday .
By 0120 GMT , 357,000 Metro shares had been traded .
On Friday , Metro Holdings topped gainers , soaring by S$ 1.55 to close at S$ 6.05 on market rumours of a takeover bid by First Capital Corp .
The company said it was not aware of any reason for the surge .
-- Singapore newsroom ( 65 8703080 )