Wall Street Woes Fail to Dent S'pore Market as STI Rises 0.5%

Gainers Outpace Decliners 330 to 176 on Trade Worth $1.3b, Singtel STI's Biggest Winner, Up 2.2%; DFI Group Leads Losers, Regional Bourses Mostly in the Black; Hang Seng Adds 0.9%

- Young Zhan Heng

Wall Street's continuing woes overnight again failed to dent buying enthusiasm among local investors, who ended an up-and-down week on a decidedly positive note on Aug 22.

The upbeat mood lifted the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) 0.5 per cent or 22.12 points to 4,253.02, with the 330 gainers leaving the 176 losers far behind on modest trade of 1.4 billion securities worth $1.3 billion.