The shares prices in Singapore rose 22.74 points or 0.87 percent on Wednesday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closing at 2,634.63 points. The overall volume stood at 2.17 billion shares worth 1.82 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars). Gainers led losers by 409 to 121 with another 709 unchanged. On Tuesday, the STI rose 28.16 points or 1.09 percent to end at 2,611.89 points. 