Singapore stocks close 0.56 pct higher
Xinhua, May 8, 2015 Adjust font size:
Singapore stocks finished higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 19. 23 points, or 0.56 percent, to close at 3,452.01.
A total of 1.22 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 991 million Singapore dollars (745.2 million U.S. dollars).
Gainers outnumbered decliners 236 to 200, while 518 others finished unchanged.
The STI index lost 27.01 points, or 0.78 percent, to close at 3, 432.78 on Thursday. Endi