Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.75%
Singtel led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 2.44% expansion.
The Straits Times Index ended 18.76 or 0.75% higher at 2,515.98.
The top active stocks were DBS, which inched up 0.56%, UOB, which increased 1.80%, Singtel, which advanced 2.44%, OCBC Bank, which edged up 0.7%, and Wilmar Intl with a 0.47% contraction.
The FTSE Mid Cap grew 0.93%, whilst the FTSE Small Cap rose 0.88%.