Singapore shares open 25 points higher on Thursday
Published Thu, Mar 2, 2017 · 01:08 AM
SHARES in the Singapore bourse rose with the key Straits Times Index opening the trading day at 3,147.97 - up 25.2 points - buoyed by gains in Wall Street overnight on the back of US President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.
Some 53 million shares worth S$85 million were done with 104 counters up and 27 down.
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