Singapore shares open higher on Monday; STI up 1%
SINGAPORE shares opened one per cent higher on Monday, with the Straits Times Index up 34.51 points to 3,520.08 as at 9.02am.
About 83 million shares worth S$97 million in total changed hands as gainers outnumbered losers 132 to 29.
The most actively traded stock was Allied Technologies, which rose S$0.003 to S$0.065 with 96.8 million shares changing hands.
Other actives included Genting Singapore and Lion Gold Corp.
Active index stocks included DBS, up S$0.14 or 0.5 per cent at S$28.23; and Singtel shares trading up S$0.02 or 0.6 per cent at S$3.35.
In regional markets, the Topix index gained 1.5 per cent and the Nikkei 225 Stock Average jumped 2.1 per cent as at 9.06am in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.8 per cent and the Kospi index in Seoul gained 0.7 per cent, Bloomberg said.
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