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Singapore stocks close 1.17 pct higher

Xinhua, April 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 34.06 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at 2,951.81.

A total of 1.33 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1.2 billion Singapore dollars (895.5 million U.S. dollars).

Gainers outnumbered decliners 264 to 134, while 512 others finished unchanged.

The STI index lost 6.19 points, or 0.21 percent, to close at 2,917.75 on Monday. Enditem