SINGAPORE – The Straits Times Index (STI) ended on May 28 at 3,330.09, up 11.64 points, or 0.4 per cent, narrowly bucking a mild downward trend in Asian stocks.
Across the broader market, advancers beat decliners slightly, at 276 to 272.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 ended down 0.1 per cent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index and South Korea’s Kospi Index were roughly flat, while the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.5 per cent.
Within South-east Asia, Indonesia’s Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Stock Index both ended the day in positive territory with a 1.1 per cent gain.
The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI,…
