Singapore stocks close 1.26 pct higher
Xinhua, March 17, 2016 Adjust font size:
Singapore stocks finished higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 35.96 points, or 1.26 percent, to close at 2,880.17.
A total of 1.57 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1.19 billion Singapore dollars (868.6 million U.S. dollars).
Gainers outnumbered decliners 277 to 130, while 514 others finished unchanged.
The STI index gained 4.77 points, or 0.17 percent, to close at 2,844.21 on Wednesday. Endit