At closing bell, the Straits Times Index (STI) index edged up 2.08 points, or 0.06%, to 3,251.32 after trading between 3,247.85 and 3,261.88. Volume was 711.04 million shares worth S$536.67 million changed hands. There were 274 gainers and 215 decliners.
The top performing stock in Straits Times Index was Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust which rose 1.5%, while the bottom performing stock was DFI Retail Group, falling 1.7%.
The local banks were mostly lower. United Overseas Bank fell 0.3% and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp shed 0.3%. DBS was down 0.03%.
In corporate news, AcroMeta closed 5% higher, as it received a letter of award worth SG$6.1 million from a global clinical research organization for the design and build of laboratory and office space.
Shares of Starhill Global REIT slipped nearly 1%, as it agreed to divest Daikanyama, a three-story retail and office building in Tokyo, Japan for about 1.88 billion yen.
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