Singapore stocks edge up cautiously on Friday
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THE Straits Times Index (STI) overcame weak sentiment earlier in the day to register a third straight winning session, edging up 0.3 per cent or 8.93 points to close at 3,249.66 points on Friday (Mar 11).
In the wider Singapore market, gainers outnumbered losers 237 to 222, with 1.21 billion shares worth S$1.13 billion traded.
Elsewhere in Asia, markets mostly finished lower. Japan's Nikkei fell 2.1 per cent, South Korea's Kospi lost 0.7 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 1.6 per cent and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was down 0.8 per cent.
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