Singapore shares open 14.9 points higher on Tuesday

SINGAPORE stocks opened 0.5 per cent higher on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index gaining 14.89 points to 3,190.33 as at 9.02am. The blue-chip index was lifted after Wall Street advanced on Monday.

About 90.8 million shares worth S$116.7 million changed hands, which worked out to an average unit price of S$1.29 per share.

The most actively traded counter was Edition, which fell S$0.001 to S$0.010 with 19.7 million shares traded. Other actives included Addvalue Technologies and Golden Agri-Resources.

Gainers outnumbered losers 95 to 61, or about three up for every two down.