Investing.com – Singapore equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Singapore, the FTSE Straits Times Singapore gained 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE Straits Times Singapore were Comfortdelgro Corporation Ltd (SIN:CMDG), which rose 3.32% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.110 at the close. Olam International Limited (SIN:OLAM) added 2.27% or 0.040 points to end at 1.800 and Singtel (SIN:STEL) was up 2.01% or 0.08 points to 4.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Noble Group Limited (SIN:NOBG), which lost 2.00% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.490 in late trade. Sembcorp Industries Ltd (SIN:SCIL) declined 1.91% or 0.07 points to end at 3.59 and Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SIN:HKLD) shed 1.56% or 0.12 points to 7.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 260 to 188 and 30 ended unchanged on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.67% or 0.28 to $41.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.32% or 0.16 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.40 to trade at $1118.00 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was up 0.41% to 1.4028, while EUR/SGD rose 0.45% to 1.5647.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.33.