SINGAPORE, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Singapore shares rose to their highest in nearly three weeks after U.S. legislators reached a last-minute deal to avoid a debt default by the government.

The benchmark Straits Times Index .FTSTI climbed as much as 0.9 percent to 3,203.91, the biggest percentage gain in almost a month. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was 0.5 percent higher.

Global Logistic Properties Ltd GLPL.SI was one of the biggest gainers with a rise of 2.7 percent. The warehouse operator signed five new lease agreements totalling 55,000 square metres across China, it said in a stock market filing after market hours on Wednesday. ID:nSNZ44rXwM

Shares of property developer Keppel Land Ltd KLAN.SI jumped as much as 1.9 percent to S$3.69, the highest in nearly three weeks.

Keppel Land said on Wednesday its third-quarter net profit rose 70 percent to S$126.4 million ($101.6 million) from a year earlier, lifted by property trading, more project completions in China and progressive recognition from Singapore projects.

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Maybank Kim Eng said Keppel Land managed to sustain its China residential sales momentum in the third quarter. It added that the company's sale of its 51 percent stake in Jakarta Garden City is expected to lead to a gain of S$152 million in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The divestment of Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 in Singapore also remains a possibility in the 2014 fiscal year, which should result in "more generous" dividends next year, Maybank said. The broker kept its 'buy' rating and S$4.80 target price.

($1 = 1.2445 Singapore dollars)

(Reporting By Laura Philomin; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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