SGX Singapore Opening Market Update

SINGAPORE share prices opened lower on Monday with the Straits Times Index down 9.50 points to 3,416.72.

Volume was 37.3 million shares worth S$70.8 million.

Gainers outnumbered losers 84 to 65.

SGX Singapore News Update

Singapore shares were generally higher, mirroring an uptick in most Asian markets, although investors tempered expectations as they digested a slew of local corporate earnings.

At 12:26pm (0426 GMT), the Straits Times Index was 0.2% higher at 3,424.72.


Among small caps, Amtek Engineering rose 4.8% to 65.5 cents as investors cheered the precision engineering firm's December-quarter results, which got a huge boost from Interplex, a US company it acquired last year.

S&P Market News Update

The S&P 500 on Friday closed at a fresh record high, while the Dow ended above 18,000 for the first time in 2015 following good economic data out of Germany.

The broad-based S&P 500 gained 8.51 points (0.41 per cent) at 2,096.99, almost 6.5 points above the prior record set December 29.