Singapore shares open higher on first trading day of 2016

SINGAPORE shares opened flat on Monday, with the Straits Times Index inching up 0.64 points or 0.02 per cent to 2883.37.

The exchange's biggest movers in early trading included Terratech, Noble, Jumbo, Ezra, Ezion and Yoma Strategic.

Some 75.4 million shares worth S$29.5 million changed hands as at 9.07am, with gainers outnumbering losers 85 to 53.