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Stocks in Singapore rose Friday, as the FTSE Straits Times Index rose 0.4% to 5743.59.

Among local companies with a market cap of at least 1 billion Singapore dollars ($781.7 million), SBS Transit was the biggest leader during the session, surging 8.3%, and Genting Singapore surged 6.4%. Singapore Techs Engineerg rounded out the top three movers, as shares surged 5.8%.

Olam Group was the biggest laggard, plunging 7.7%, followed by shares of Frencken Group, which tumbled 5.7%. Shares of AEM Holdings dropped 4.7%.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 96.06. The U.S. dollar weakened 0.1% against the Singapore dollar to S$1.28.

In the bond markets, the 10-year Singaporean government bond yield held steady at 2.285%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet