Singapore: STI up 3.67 points at opening, following gains on Wall Street

THE Straits Times Index (STI) rose by 3.67 points or 0.11 per cent to 3,466.77 as at 9am on Monday, following last week's rebound on Wall Street stocks lifted by encouraging data on the US jobs market and inflation.

Among the most active stocks out of the gate were OLS, up 16.67 per cent or 0.1 Singapore cent at 0.7 Singapore cent; EMS Energy, up 8.7 per cent or 0.2 Singapore cent at 2.5 Singapore cents; and YuuZoo, up 3.47 per cent or 0.6 Singapore cents at 17.9 Singapore cents.

A total of 53.3 million shares worth S$34.2 million had changed hands as at 9.02am. Gainers outnumbered losers 93 to 60.