Singapore stocks close 1.62 pct higher
Xinhua, October 6, 2015 Adjust font size:
Singapore stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 46.16 points, or 1.62 percent, to close at 2,897.41.
A total of 1.48 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 24 billion Singapore dollars (867.1 million U.S. dollars).
Gainers outnumbered decliners 263 to 138, while 530 others finished unchanged.
The STI index gained 58.10 points, or 2.08 percent, to close at 2,851.25 on Monday. Endi