Singapore shares rise at Tuesday’s open

$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ headed up 0.6 per cent or 19.49 points to 3,083.78 as at 9.01 am. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 105 to 33 after 66.1 million securities worth S$50.6 million changed hands.

The most active counter by volume was $海庭(S51.SG)$ , which rose 0.9 per cent or S$0.001 to S$0.112 with 25.2 million shares traded.

Other heavily traded securities included $Genting Sing(G13.SG)$ , which was up 1.7 per cent or S$0.015 to S$0.88, with 2.6 million shares traded, and $OUEREIT(TS0U.SG)$ , which gained 2.2 per cent or S$0.005 to S$0.23, with 1.3 million shares traded.

Other active index counters included $Singtel(Z74.SG)$ , which advanced 0.4 per cent or S$0.01 to S$2.39 and CapitaLand Investment, which was up 1.4 per cent or S$0.04 to S$2.95.

$Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ jumped 1.6 per cent to end the day at 32,928.96, $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ rose 1.2 per cent to 4,166.82, while the tech-heavy $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ finished 1.2 per cent higher as well to reach 12,789.48.