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Singapore stocks close 0.19 pct higher

Xinhua, July 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Singapore stocks finished higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 5.44 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 2,846.37.

A total of 1.26 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1.01 billion Singapore dollars (750.8 million U.S. dollars).

Gainers outnumbered decliners 199 to 177, while 530 others finished unchanged.

The STI index gained 48.20 points, or 1.73 percent, to close at 2,840.93 on Thursday. Enditem