Singapore shares open flat on Wednesday

As at 9.01 am, $FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ was down 0.02 per cent or 0.5 point at 3,101.8. Across the broader market, losers slightly outnumbered gainers 48 to 47 after 54.9 million securities worth S$54.8 million changed hands.

Catalist-listed medical group $Quantum Health(V8Y.SG)$ was the most actively traded counter in terms of volume, dipping S$0.001 or 33.3 per cent to S$0.002 with nine million shares traded.

$ESR-LOGOS REIT(J91U.SG)$ (Reit) was briskly traded as well. Units of the Reit advanced S$0.005 or 1.6 per cent to S$0.315 amid heavy volumes.

Index counter $ThaiBev(Y92.SG)$ shed S$0.005 or 1 per cent to S$0.495 in early trade.

$Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ finished up 0.5 per cent at 36,577.94. The broad-based $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ advanced 0.5 per cent to 4,643.70, while the tech-rich $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ jumped 0.7 per cent to 14,533.40.