SGX Singapore Opening Market Update

SINGAPORE share prices opened higher on Monday with the Straits Times Index up 20.17 points to 3,306.56.

Volume was 282.9 million shares worth S$182.8 million.

Gainers outnumbered losers 139 to 64.

Forex Market Update

The ICE U.S. Dollar Index finished higher for the third week in a row Friday, boosted by gains against the euro, pound and yen that pushed greenback rise to multi-year highs.

The euro EURUSD, +0.65%  traded at $1.2459 Friday afternoon after falling to $1.2355, its lowest point against the dollar in more than two years, after the jobs data. It traded at $1.2381 late Thursday.

The pound GBPUSD, +0.24% traded at $1.5880, compared with $1.5843 late Thursday. Weak U.K. industrial production data and the Bank of England’s decision to leave its key interest rate and bond-buying program unchanged weighed on the pound for most of the week.

The dollar USDRUB, -0.35%  traded at 46.6845 rubles Friday, compared with 46.8255 late Thursday.

The dollar settled lower Friday after rising to a seven-year high during the Asia trading day. It USDJPY, -0.49% traded at 114.55 yen Friday, compared with ¥115.16 late Thursday.

SGX Singapore Opening Market Update

SINGAPORE share prices opened lower on Wednesday with the Straits Times Index down 2.74 points to 3,278.83.

Volume was 94.5 million shares worth S$87.6 million.

Losers outnumbered gainers 89 to 57.