Daily Debrief: What Happened Today

Published Wed, Mar 6, 2019 · 10:30 AM

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    THE lack of market catalysts on Wednesday meant that Singapore's Straits Times Index (STI) was, for the most part, static, before some profit-taking activity in the last half-hour of the session sent the benchmark index slipping to close at 3,222.84, down 11.23 points or 0.35 per cent.

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