Singapore stocks close 1.04 pct lower

Singapore, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 1.04 percent, or 33.61 points, to close at 3,195.87.

A total of 1.11 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.04 billion Singapore dollars (about 764.59 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 267 to 143.

The STI index went up 0.21 percent, or 6.64 points, to close at 3,229.48 on Thursday. Enditem