Singapore shares edge up at Monday’s open

$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index (.STI.SG)$ rose 0.1 per cent or 1.7 points to 3,141.17 as at 9.02 am. Gainers outnumbered losers 58 to 53, after 75.2 million securities worth S$44.4 million changed hands.

The most active counter by volume was $Seatrium (S51.SG)$ , which rose 1.6 per cent or S$0.002 to S$0.127 with 36.5 million shares transacted.

Other heavily traded securities included $Healthway Med (5NG.SG)$ , which lost 2.1 per cent or S$0.001 to S$0.046, with 5.9 million shares changing hands, as well as $Golden Agri-Res (E5H.SG)$ which gained 2.1 per cent or S$0.005 to S$0.245, with 4.8 million shares traded.

The tech-rich $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ slipped 0.1 per cent to 13,660.72. The broad-based $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ finished down 0.3 per cent at 4,398.95, while $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ dropped 0.6 per cent to 33,734.88.