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title: "The local stock market opened higher on Wednesday, returning above 5000 points | Lianhe Zaobao"
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description: "The Singapore stock market opened higher on April 7, boosted by news of a temporary ceasefire in the Middle East war, with the Straits Times Index rising 1.23% to 5019.15 points. The trading volume reached 213.24 million shares, with a turnover of SGD 314.84 million. There were 217 stocks that rose and 47 stocks that fell, with almost all components of the index in the green, and Hongkong Land seeing the largest increase at 5.04%"
datetime: "2026-04-08T01:22:24.000Z"
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# The local stock market opened higher on Wednesday, returning above 5000 points | Lianhe Zaobao

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