STI closes higher as Dow futures rise
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THE Straits Times Index (STI) on Thursday finished with a rise of 16.27 points at 2,562.45 thanks mainly to an afternoon push that came when the Dow futures rose 120 points and Europe opened in the black. Turnover was below average at 745 million units worth S$901 million and, excluding warrants, there were 187 rises versus 192 falls.
Among the few features of note was a S$0.09 or 6.5 per cent collapse in Singapore Post (SingPost) shares to S$1.30 on volume of 31 million. The counter has now plunged S$0.155 or 10.6 per cent in two days, drawing on Thursday a noon query from Singapore Exchange (SGX). SingPost has been in the news …
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