Singapore stocks finished higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 2.67 points, or 0.08 percent, to close at 3229.01.

A total of 1.39 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 885.8 million Singapore dollars (about 640.7 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 264 to 135.

The STI index dropped 22.37 points, or 0.69 percent, to close at 3226.34 Thursday.