Singapore shares opened lower on Tuesday (Jun 6) following overnight losses in the global markets.
$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index (.STI.SG)$wasdown 8.92 points or 0.3 per centto 3,180.09 as at 9.01am. Across the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 61 to 45 after 46.5 million securities worth S$49.1 million changed hands.
$Seatrium (S51.SG)$was the top traded stock by volume,losing 1.6 per centor S$0.002 to S$0.124 with 22 million shares changing hands.
$Matex Intl (M15.SG)$was also actively traded,rising 20 per centor S$0.005 to S$0.03 after 4.5 million of securities changed hands at the open.
All three US indices declined on Monday’s closing after investors took profit on last week’s rebound after Congress agreed to suspend the US debt default.