SINGAPORE, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.8 percent, or 24.99 points, to close at 3,139.15.

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A total of 903.65 million shares changed hands with a turnover of 923.26 million Singapore dollars (about 678.22 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 200 to 152.

The STI index went down 0.38 percent, or 11.98 points, to close at 3,114.16 last Friday.