Investing.com – Singapore stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Singapore, the FTSE Straits Times Singapore added 0.70%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Noble Group Limited (SIN:NOBG), which fell 2.00% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.490 at the close. Sembcorp Industries Ltd (SIN:SCIL) declined 1.91% or 0.07 points to end at 3.59 and Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SIN:HKLD) was down 1.56% or 0.12 points to 7.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Singapore Stock Exchange by 260 to 188 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.70% or 0.29 to $41.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.32% or 0.16 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.30 to trade at $1117.90 a troy ounce.
USD/SGD was up 0.40% to 1.4026, while EUR/SGD rose 0.47% to 1.5650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.34.