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.