STI up 0.15% as edgy investors eye risks
Energy stocks get a boost from rising oil prices even amid uncertainty about looming geopolitical developments
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REGIONAL traders barely had time to digest Washington's overnight exit from the Iran nuclear deal before Malaysia went to the polls - all events that made for a jittery Wednesday.
Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index dove to an intra-day low of 3,527.26 at 10.14am on a morning bout of jitters, shrugged off the geopolitical uncertainty to touch 3,561.16 at 3.07pm, and then dipped again. It eventually closed up by 5.37 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 3,548.54.
For the rest of the bourse, gainers beat losers by just 215 to 205. Some 1.69 billion shares changed hands, for a value of S$1.28 billion in all.
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