Singapore stocks finished higher on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rising 10.81 points, or 0.33 percent, to close at 3,298.24.

A total of 2.28 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.32 billion Singapore dollars (about 964.46 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 261 to 181.

The STI index went up 51.76 points, or 0.33 percent, to close at 3,287.43 last Friday.