Singapore stocks open lower on Friday

$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ was down 0.1 per cent or 3.06 points to 3,183.55 at 9.02 am. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 56 to 48 with 92.4 million securities worth S$67.1 million changed hands.

$Seatrium(S51.SG)$ was the top traded stock by volume with 47.8 million shares changing hands. The index declined 0.8 per cent or S$0.001 to S$0.122 at the open.

$Thomson Medical(A50.SG)$ was also actively traded, with its share price rising 6.8 per cent or S$0.004 to S$0.063.

Index counter $Singtel(Z74.SG)$ posted a decline of 0.8 per cent or S$0.02 to S$2.43.

$Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ closed 0.5 per cent higher or 168.59 points at 33,833.61, while the broad-based $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ edged up 0.6 per cent to 4,293.93 while the tech-focused $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ rose 1 per cent or 133.63 points to 13,238.52.