Singapore shares close 0.9% higher, led by rally in US stocks
Published Fri, Oct 27, 2017 · 09:23 AM
SHARE prices on the local bourse capped the week's trading in positive territory with the key Straits Times Index climbing 30.19 points to finish at 3,386.44 on Friday.
The gains were mainly fuelled by gains in Wall Street overnight.
Some 1.8 billion shares worth S$1.3 billion were done, with some 236 counters up and 202 counters down.
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