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Singapore stocks close 2.22 pct higher

Xinhua, October 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 64.4 points, or 2.22 percent, to close at 2,961.81.

A total of 1.97 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 58 billion Singapore dollars (1.12 billion U.S. dollars).

Gainers outnumbered decliners 352 to 98, while 486 others finished unchanged.

The STI index gained 46.16 points, or 1.62 percent, to close at 2,897.41 on Tuesday. Endi