Singapore shares open higher on Monday; STI up 0.2%

The most actively traded counters were Marco Polo Marine and SingPost. Other active counters were SGX, Singtel and OCBC Bank. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

SINGAPORE - Singapore stocks opened higher on Monday (Feb 12), with The Straits Times Index rising 5.85 points, or 0.2 per cent to 3,383.09 as at 9.01am.

About 58.6 million shares worth S$102.3 million in total changed hands. Gainers outnumbered losers 122 to 40.

The most actively traded counters were Marco Polo Marine, which was flat at 4.5 Singapore cents with 4.7 million shares traded; and SingPost which was up 1.4 per cent to S$1.45 with 4.5 million shares traded.

Other active index stocks included SGX which was down 8.49 per cent to S$7.22; Singtel which was down 0.6 per cent to S$3.36; and OCBC Bank which was up 0.8 per cent to S$12.29.

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