Singapore stocks begin Tuesday afternoon trading on higher ground, STI at 3,540.27

SINGAPORE shares resumed trading on Tuesday afternoon in positive territory with the Straits Times Index at 3,540.27, up 0.11 per cent or 3.86 points on the day as at 1pm.

Against the benchmark's level of 3,538.64 heading into the midday break, the index was up marginally by 1.63 points or 0.05 per cent.

Gainers just beat out losers 179 to 177, with 819.4 million shares worth S$390.1 million traded.

Among the most active stocks, JEP Holdings fell 1.6 per cent, or 0.1 Singapore cent, to six Singapore cents with 19.9 million shares traded.

Active index stocks included DBS Group Holdings, down 0.5 per cent or 14 Singapore cents at S$26.40; and City Developments, up 1.3 per cent or 17 Singapore cents at S$13.53.