Singapore shares open higher on Friday before G-20 meeting

SINGAPORE'S benchmark Straits Times Index on Friday opened at 2,625.13 points, up 21.73 points or 0.83 per cent, as sentiment stabilised before the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Shanghai.

Some 75 million shares worth S$90.6 million changed hands as of 9.04am. Gainers outnumbered losers 102 to 37.

Top stocks by value traded included Jardine Matheson, Singtel, Wilmar, UOB and DBS.