Singapore shares close up 0.89% on Tuesday
SINGAPORE stocks gained more ground on Tuesday - their second day in positive territory, after a global market sell-off.
The Straits Times Index (STI) added 30.09 points, or 0.89 per cent, to finish at 3,415.07.
Across the bourse, gainers beat losers 289 to 183, or roughly three up for every two down.
Close to 2.19 billion shares were traded, for a value of S$1.75 billion.
STI constituent CapitaLand put on S$0.05, or 1.44 per cent, to close at S$3.52, as the market weighed a drop in fourth-quarter net profit against its purchase of the iconic Pearl Bank Apartments.
Off the index, oil price uncertainty found a casualty in Mermaid Maritime, which slipped by S$0.01, or 6.14 per cent, to S$0.153, on a volume of 32.52 million shares.
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Capital Markets & Currencies
Asia: Markets build on Wall Street rally, yen holds bounce
Singapore shares open in the red on Tuesday; STI down 0.3%
Stocks to watch: Wilmar, MLT, FEHT, CDLHT, Starhill Global Reit, IReit Global
Europe: Stocks eke out gains after German inflation data; Deutsche Bank drops
US: Stocks end higher, extending rally
Yen surges against US dollar on suspected intervention