Hot stocks: Swiber, Ezion, Keppel Corp, Sembcorp Marine

THE following oil-related stocks were among the top gainers and top traded counters on the Singapore Exchange on Tuesday morning:

Swiber

Some 18.52 million shares of offshore oil and gas company Swiber changed hands on Tuesday, making it one of the top traded shares on the Singapore Exchange in terms of volume by late Tuesday morning.

Swiber shares climbed 6 per cent to trade at S$0.194 at about 11.20am. They opened at S$0.183 on Tuesday morning and were trading at a high of S$0.198.

Ezion

Shares of Ezion Holdings were up 2.77 per cent and trading at S$1.30 at about 11.22am. Some 11.19 million shares have changed hands since they opened at S$1.28, one Singapore cent higher than Monday's closing price of S$1.27.

Keppel Corporation

Keppel Corporation shares rose by 1.26 per cent to S$8.83 at about 11.24am. They opened three Singapore cents higher at S$8.75 on Tuesday morning. Some 3.94 million shares changed hands.

Sembcorp Marine

Shares of Sembcorp Marine were also up on Tuesday, trading 1.63 per cent higher at S$3.11 at about 11.27am. Some 3.73 million shares changed hands. The counter opened at S$3.10, up four Singapore cents from Monday's closing price of S$3.06.