Singapore shares open 0.1% up on Tuesday

SINGAPORE stocks inched up a marginal 0.1 per cent on Tuesday after a lukewarm lead from Wall Street overnight.

The blue-chip Straits Times Index moved up 1.9 points to 2,710.75 as at 9:01am, with about 68.8 million shares worth S$44.1 million in total having changed hands.

The most actively traded counter was LionGold, which was flat at S$0.005 with 32.9 million shares traded. Other actives included Golden Agri-Resources and China Sports International.

Losers outnumbered gainers 53 to 51.