On 04/Nov, Singapore shares ended higher as Greece’s prime minister dropped plans for a referendum on the country’s aid package.

STI ended higher at 2848.24 (1.4%) with regular VOL of 1.46 billion shares traded compared with 1.51 billion shares Thursday. In the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 317 to 154. The rally for STI today is relatively weak as well since most investors sidelined due to long weekend ahead.

Headline in STI

Before market close

Sembcorp Industries Ltd. (U96.SG) 3Q net profit fell 8.9% to S$222.4 million compared with S$244.1 million a year earlier due to higher expenses and a one-time gain.

Artivision Technologies Ltd announced that it’s video content analysis technology will be used in China’s railway ministry’s initial project expected to go live in 2012.

After market close

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. (S63.SG) 3Q net profit rose 3% to ...