STI gains on positive corporate news
Straits Times Index extends gains to rise 23.03 points or 0.71 per cent to 3,285.72
WHILE most regional markets continued to tread water pending Sino-US trade developments, Singapore's bourse again seemed unfazed on Thursday, its activities swayed more by local corporate developments instead.
The Straits Times Index extended gains, rising 23.03 points or 0.71 per cent to 3,285.72.
Gainers outnumbered losers 235 to 165 amid heavier trading than the day before. Thursday's turnover on the bourse was 1.85 billion securities worth S$1.38 billion.
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