A total of 68.7 million securities, valued at S$106.2 million, changed hands during the morning session.
The Business Times reports, as of 9:01 am, the Straits Times Index made a significant leap of 14.91 points or 0.5%, reaching 3,307.6.
Among the most traded counters by volume was Seatrium, which witnessed a 1% drop, closing at S$0.097 after 31.9 million securities were exchanged. Similarly, Meta Health experienced a 10% decline, settling at S$0.009 with 2.5 million shares traded. Thai Beverage also saw a dip of 1%, ending at S$0.49 after 1.9 million securities were transacted.
The bank noted that excluding exceptional items, such as integration costs for Citibank Taiwan, net profit would have stood at S$2.96 billion.
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