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Singapore stocks close 0.94 pct higher

Xinhua, September 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 26. 80 points, or 0.94 percent, to close at 2,868.74.

A total of 1.33 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.10 billion Singapore dollars (784.5 million U.S. dollars).

Gainers outnumbered decliners 275 to 126, while 532 others finished unchanged.

The STI index lost 29.53 points, or 1.03 percent, to close at 2, 841.94 on Tuesday. Endi