STI Singapore - End of Day Summary 04-Oct

Singapore share opens @positive node but fell down and were slightly higher by midday, as investors stayed cautious ahead of fresh U.S. economic data and a European Central Bank policy meeting later in the day.

Singapore's Index Straits Times open @ 3079.89 and then it made a high of 3081.14 vey near to yesterdays high but again faced resistance @ that level and fell down and took support @ 3069.88 levels and then trading in a positive side. At the last half an hour of trading STI traded higher and closed day high @ 3086.64.

Mildly positive news from the United States brought a glimmer of hope that the world's largest economy may be on the mend but these are still early days.

Gainers led losers 222 to 150 while 425 counters were unchanged. Turnover stood at 1.57 billion shares worth $1.19 billion.

Top Actives Name Volume Last Change Contel Corp 144817000 0.052 +0.0030 Yoma 82586000 0.565 +0.025 GoldenAgr 77147000 0.63 -0.0050 HSI20400MBeCW121030 60188000 0.127 -0.0090 THBEV 53529000 0.4 +0.01 Nam Cheong 53246000 0.225 +0.02 $ Interra Res 49653000 0.445 +0.015 AusGroup 39711000 0.55 +0.01 Oceanus 35939000 0.051 -0.0020 Rowsley 33596000 0.105 +0.0040

Top Gainers

Name Last Change DBXT Nifty 10US$ 113.79 +2.09 IS S&P500 10US$ 146.12 +1.29 u ZNH ADR 10US$ 22.7 +1.29 Jardine C&C 49.84 +1.24 DBXT E50 10US$ 38.04 +1.05 s NZ10100F 300901 10 111.552 +0.808 GLD 10US$ 173.0 +0.76 JSH 500US$ 36.17 +0.7 Lyxor AsiaCS 10US$ 55.21 +0.65 GreatEast 15.81 +0.41

Top Losers

Name Last Change JMH 400US$ 59.54 -0.46 s NY01100F 160901 10 113.403 -0.434 DBXT S&PShort10US$ 34.71 -0.27 HKLand US$ 6.03 -0.16 IS ASIA BND 100US$ 10.55 -0.13 DBXT MSTaiwan10US$ 18.09 -0.12 DBXT MSBrazil10US$ 5.35 -0.12 Luye Pharma 1.195 -0.1 DBXT MSPacXJp10US$ 4.55 -0.07 SCGlobal 1.225 -0.065