SGX Singapore Opening Market Update

SINGAPORE share prices opened lower on Monday with the Straits Times Index down 5.48 points to 3,365.11.

Volume was 23.4 million shares valued at S$22.3 million.

Gainers outnumbered losers 51 to 46.

Forex Market Update

The U.S. dollar soared Friday, building on big gains scored in 2014, on expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates while the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan continue to loosen monetary policy in the year ahead.

The ICE dollar index DXY, +0.97%  rose to 91.11, up from 90.27 in late North American trade on Wednesday and marking its highest level since March 2006, according to FactSet data. The index rose almost 13% in 2014, to mark its best yearly gain since 2005.

The shared currency EURUSD, +0.00%  fell to $1.2001, down from $1.2099 on Wednesday, its lowest level since 2010.

The pound GBPUSD, +0.00% changed hands at $1.5334, down from $1.5578. The Australian dollar AUDUSD, +0.00%  fell to 80.84 U.S. cents, compared with 81.81 cents on Wednesday.

Gasoline Market Update

Nymex reformulated gasoline blendstock for February RBG5, -3.43% the benchmark gasoline contract, fell by more than 3 cents to $1.4392.

February natural gas futures NGG15, +2.39%  rose 10 cents, or 3.5%, to to $2.989 per million British thermal units.