Singapore shares started Tuesday (Dec 13) on a positive note, mirroring Wall Street stocks’ overnight advances.
$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index (.STI.SG)$rose 0.4 per centor 13.48 points to 3,253.14 as at 9.01 am. Gainers outnumbered losers 80 to 35 after 42.9 million shares worth S$42.7 million changed hands.
$Seatrium (S51.SG)$was the most actively traded counter by volume, with 7.3 million shares trading hands,gaining 1.4 per cent orS$0.002 to S$0.141. Watch-listed$Eneco Energy - watch list (R14.SG)$continued to see active trading at the open, with 2.4 million shares traded butremained flatat S$0.012 as at 9.01 am.
Among index counters,$Singtel (Z74.SG)$saw 3.8 million shares traded,gaining 0.4 per centor S$0.01 to S$2.60.
US stocks surged on Monday, regaining some of last week’s losses, as markets showed cautious optimism ahead of a key inflation data release and closely-watched Federal Reserve meeting.