Singapore shares open higher on Monday; STI up 0.4%
SINGAPORE stocks opened higher on Monday, with the Straits Times Index advancing 0.4 per cent, or 15.08 points to 3,458.59 as at 9.02am.
About 64.3 million shares worth S$99.7 million in changed hands.
Gainers outnumbered losers 123 to 40.
The most actively traded counter were Jiutian Chemical, which rose 5.7 per cent, or 0.4 Singapore cent to S$0.074 with 9.6 million shares traded; and MarcoPolo Marine which was up 4.9 per cent, or 0.2 Singapore cent to S$0.043 with 7.6 million shares traded.
Other active index stocks included Singtel which was up 0.6 per cent, or two Singapore cents to S$3.35; and Jardine Matheson Holdings which was down 0.7 per cent, or 44 US cents to US$61.54.
KEYWORDS IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Morgan Stanley strategists see inflation as key for path of US stocks
US dollar soft on renewed Fed rate cut bets; yen on back foot
South Korea’s probe alleges 211.2 billion won of illegal short trades
Asia: Markets build on rally as US jobs data boost rate cut hopes
Zero-day options boom will only grow even as some investors fear disaster
Singapore stocks open in the black on Monday; STI up 0.3%