Singapore shares open flat on Monday

SINGAPORE stocks opened 0.07 per cent lower on Monday, with the Straits Times Index (STI) slipping 2.14 points to 3,041.94.

This comes amid gains in opening trade in Tokyo, said to be buoyed by investor sentiment following a solid US jobs report and a move by US President Donald Trump to roll back financial regulations.

About 110.3 million shares worth S$74.1 million in total changed hands as at 9.00am in Singapore.

The most actively traded counter was Ezra, which fell by nearly 40 per cent to S$0.029 with 47.7 million shares changing hands. Other actives included Oceanus and SingHaiyi.

Gainers outnumbered losers 79 to 41.