SINGAPORE stocks opened stronger on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index rising 0.06 per cent or 1.86 points to 3,349.81 as at 9.01am ahead of stronger openings in the US and Europe markets. Read more at The Business Times.
SINGAPORE stocks opened stronger on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index rising 0.06 per cent or 1.86 points to 3,349.81 as at 9.01am ahead of stronger openings in the US and Europe markets.
On the Singapore bourse, gainers outnumbered losers 71 to 23, or about three securities up for every one down, after 28.4 million securities worth S$33.5 million changed hands. Among the most heavily traded by volume, Anchor Resources headed up 7.1 per cent or S$0.001 to S$0.015 with 2.3 million shares traded. Amplefield headed up 14.3 per cent or S$0.004 to S$0.032 with 1.7 million shares traded. Singapore Press Holdings shed 0.9 per cent or S$0.02 to S$2.30 with 1.7 million shares traded.
Financials were mixed, with DBS Group Holdings down 0.1 per cent or S$0.03 to S$25.87; United Overseas Bank, up 0.2 per cent or S$0.05 to S$26.61; and OCBC Bank, flat at S$11.52.Other active index stocks included Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, down 0.5 per cent or S$0.01 to S$1.93; Singtel, up 0.3 per cent or S$0.01 to S$3.51.Wall Street shares edged up on lowered expectations amid a flux of earnings reports. In the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 0.
Elsewhere in Asia, Tokyo shares opened weaker on Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index dipping 0.18 per cent or 38.12 points at 21,647.78 in early trade, while the Topix index dropped 0.18 per cent or 2.76 points at 1,573.55.
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