Singapore stocks close 0.99 pct higher
Xinhua, August 13, 2015 Adjust font size:
Singapore stocks finished higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 30.29 points, or 0.99 percent, to close at 3,091.78.
A total of 1.44 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 38 billion Singapore dollars (985.7 million U.S. dollars).
Gainers outnumbered decliners 256 to 190, while 493 others finished unchanged.
The STI index lost 91.57 points, or 2.90 percent, to close at 3, 061.49 on Wednesday. Endi