On 28/Jan, Singapore shares end higher Friday though the market sentiment remained weak as traders take money off the table ahead of the holiday.

STI ended higher at 3229.69 (0.3%) with LOW VOL of 1.35 billion shares traded compared with 1.58 billion shares Thursday. In the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 296 to 160. STI remains weak under low trading volume and losers overwhelm gainers despite index ended positive.

Headline in STI

Before market close

CapitaLand Ltd. (CLLDY, C31.SG) has purchase Marine Point residential development in Singapore for S$100.68 million which is expected to launch in the first half of 2012.

China Fishery Group Ltd. (B0Z.SG) gained approval from the main board of the Singapore Exchange for its dual listing of its shares on the Hong Kong exchange.

After market close

Singapore Airlines Ltd. (C6L.SG) 3Q net profit fell 28.6% to ...