Singapore stocks open lower on Wednesday

$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ headed down 0.1 per cent or 4.38 points to 3,199.39 as at 9.01 am. Losers outnumbered gainers 47 to 37 after 79.5 million securities worth S$35.9 million changed hands.

The most active counter by volume was $海庭(S51.SG)$ , which rose 1.6 per cent or S$0.002 to S$0.126 with 35.4 million shares changing hands.

Other heavily traded securities included $Advanced Systems(5TY.SG)$ , which declined 50 per cent or S$0.001 to S$0.001 with 12.9 million shares transacted, and $Golden Energy(AUE.SG)$ , which held steady at S$0.181 with 9.7 million shares changing hands.