Fri, September 3, 2010, Singapore
KLCI 1,433.06 -8.01 HSI 20,971.50 +102.58 NIKKEI 9,114.13 +51.29
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SINGAPORE - Local stocks weakened this morning in quiet trading.
SINGAPORE - Shares opened firm on Friday after Wall Street rose overnight, helped by a surprise rise in US pending home sales.
AS correctly pointed out in this column yesterday, the Straits Times Index's 32-point jump on Wednesday was thanks to program buying ahead of a push on Wall Street that came later that day.