Singapore stocks close 0.38 pct lower

Singapore stocks finished lower on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 11.96 points, or 0.38 percent, to close at 3,163.56.
A total of 1.44 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 18 billion Singapore dollars (0.97 billion U.S. dollars).

Loser outnumbered gainers 256 to 151, while 547 others finished unchanged.
The STI index gained 16.95 points, or 0.54 percent, to close at 3,175.52 on Thursday.