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SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Singapore shares closed Wednesday sharply higher on bargain-hunting following Tuesday's steep falls, although caution is likely to prevail in the near term as fears of further fallout from the US subprime mortgage troubles have not completely abated.The Straits Times Index closed up 92.84 points or 2.9 percent at 3,321.5.Gainers led losers 614 to 232, with 191 stocks unchanged.Volume traded was 1.86 billion shares valued at 2.19 billion Singapore dollars.(1 US dollar = 1.53 Singapore dollars)TFN.Singapore@thomson.comjb/ms/jb/mb/jb/jm/jb/jgCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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NASDAQ
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2792.28 |
22.57 (
0.81 %)
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2012-01-19 ) |
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CARNIVAL
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11:35am )
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2017.00 |
46.00 (
2.42 %)
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WHITBREAD
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11:35am )
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1662.99 |
33.99 (
2.09 %)
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2012-01-19 )
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IBM
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12:34pm ) |
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181.50 |
0.43 (
0.24 %)
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Singapore shares close higher on late bargain-hunting 