Singapore stocks resume Monday afternoon trading on higher ground, STI at 3,587.05

SINGAPORE shares resumed trading on Monday afternoon in positive territory with the Straits Times Index at 3,587.05, up 0.6 per cent or 19.91 points on the day as at 1.01pm.

Against the benchmark's level of 3,582.64 heading into the midday break, the index was up marginally by 4.41 points, or 0.12 per cent.

Gainers beat losers 238 to 135, with 1.19 billion shares worth S$655.4 million traded.

Among the most active stocks, ISR Capital rose 16.7 per cent, or 0.1 Singapore cent to 0.7 Singapore cent with 46.6 million shares traded; and Midas rose 0.59 per cent or 0.1 Singapore cent to 17 Singapore cents with 33.3 million shares traded.

Other active index stocks included Keppel Corp which was up 2.5 per cent, or 22 Singapore cents to S$8.85 with 5.1 million shares traded; and OCBC Bank, which was up 1.2 per cent, or 16 Singapore cents to S$13.20 with 1.51 million shares traded.