Singapore stocks: STI resumes Wednesday afternoon at 3,545.92, up 1.4%

SINGAPORE stocks resumed trading on Wednesday afternoon in positive territory, with the Straits Times Index rising 1.4 per cent or 47.72 points on the day to 3,545.92 as at 1.01pm.

Gainers outnumbered losers 180 to 150, or about six up for every five down, with 1.10 billion shares worth S$740.1 million in total changing hands.

For the second day in a row, the most actively traded counter was Ezion, which fell S$0.023 to S$0.171 with 112.56 million shares changing hands. Other actives included Magnus Energy, flat at S$0.001 with 100.01 million shares traded and JEP, up by S$0.001 to S$0.064 with 17.54 million shares traded.

Active index stocks included DBS Group Holdings, up 1.98 per cent or S$0.57 to S$29.30; and CapitaLand, up 1.64 per cent or S$0.06 to S$3.71.