Singapore stocks began trading in negative territory on Tuesday (Feb 6) morning, following overnight losses in global equity markets.
$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index (.STI.SG)$declined 0.2 per centor 5.32 points to 3,128.97 as at 9.03 am. Across the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 59 to 57, after 112.0 million securities worth S$70.5 million changed hands.
The most active counter by volume was$Seatrium (S51.SG)$, which tradedup 1.0 per centor S$0.001 at S$0.097 with 66.7 million shares transacted. Other heavily traded securities included$Totm Tech (42F.SG)$whichrose 26.3 per centor S$0.005 to S$0.024.
Shares on Wall Street ended on Monday markedly lower, as Treasury yields picked up on concerns over the timing of interest rate cuts this year.
Following the introduction of China's groundbreaking DeepSeek technology, Wall Street giants have revised their investment outlooks for the Chinese market.