SINGAPORE stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Straits Times Index up 0.36 per cent or 11.52 points to 3,202.25.

About 1.63 billion securities worth S$1.05 billion changed hands, which worked out to an average unit price of S$0.64. Gainers outnumbered losers 229 to 160.

Among the most heavily traded by volume, Rex International picked up 0.2 Singapore cent or 2.53 per cent to close at S$0.081 with 58 million shares traded. Ezion Holdings gained 0.1 Singapore cent or 1.96 per cent to S$0.052 on volume of 45.8 million.