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Singapore stocks close 0.36 pct higher

Xinhua, August 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 10.51 points, or 0.36 percent, to close at 2,955.94.

A total of 1.98 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 44 billion Singapore dollars (1.03 billion U.S. dollars).

Gainers outnumbered decliners 277 to 189, while 472 others finished unchanged.

The STI index gained 72.43 points, or 2.52 percent, to close at 2,945.43 on Thursday. Endi