Positive midweek performance for STI

IT WAS a mixed day at the office for Asian equities, but the local market fared better than many regional peers.

The Straits Times Index (STI) gained 10.96 points or 0.3 per cent to close at 3,340.42.

Across the Asia-Pacific, markets in Australia, Hong Kong and South Korea finished higher; China, Japan and Malaysia ended lower.

As one trader put it, the mood among investors in Asia, "was one ca…