Another mixed, ho-hum day for stocks

A 20-point rise in the Dow futures and initial polls suggesting that the third US presidential debate was won by the candidate the market favours, Hillary Clinton, was not enough to stir much meaningful action in the local stock market on Thursday.

Instead, activity was largely focused in the second line, with Noble Group replacing Jasper Investments as the day's most active counter - hardly a remarkable occurrence worth reporting, one might think, but folks, we're clutching at straws here.

Other active counters included Blumont and Healthway Medical. Jasper replied to a query from the Singapore Exchange by saying it did not know of reasons for the interest in its shares.