SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices opened a marginal 0.3 per cent higher on Thursday, with the Straits Times Index (STI) up 8.65 points to 2,900.23 at 9am.
In the US, Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday, following a stream of US data ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season.
In Asia, Tokyo stocks opened 0.42 per cent higher on Thursday. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 82.39 points to 19,929.97 at the start, according to AFP.
Singapore’s STI had slipped 32 points or 1.09 per cent on Wednesday to finish the day at 2,891.58.
