September 17, 2021 8:45 PM
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Investors sent the local market higher on Friday despite export growth for August missing an analyst forecast. The Straits Times Index (STI) inched up 0.2 per cent, or 6.69 points, to 3,071.23 points as non-oil domestic exports grew 2.7 per cent year on year, missing an 8.5 per cent growth forecast in a Bloomberg poll.
