Singapore stocks close 0.54 pct higher
Xinhua, April 15, 2015 Adjust font size:
Singapore stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 18.87 points, or 0.54 percent, to close at 3,539.95.
A total of 3.49 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 59 billion Singapore dollars (1.17 billion U.S. dollars).
Gainers outnumbered decliners 277 to 224, while 435 others finished unchanged.
The STI index gained 36.69 point, or 1.05 percent, to close at 3,521.08 on Tuesday. Endi