Singapore shares edge higher as STI gains 0.02 per cent
All three local banks advanced, while Sats led blue-chip gains and Mapletree Industrial Trust recorded the largest decline.
Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) closed at 5,397.91 on Oct 28, 2026, adding 0.88 points, or 0.02 per cent. The three local banks finished higher, while advancing counters across the market outnumbered declining ones by 332 to 219.
Trading across the market totalled 1.1 billion securities, with turnover of S$1.4 billion. Addvalue Tech attracted the highest share volume at 75.9 million. DBS led by traded value, with three million shares worth S$219.5 million exchanged.
Among the banks, UOB climbed 0.4 per cent to S$41.54, an increase of S$0.17. OCBC finished at S$29.03, adding S$0.07, or 0.2 per cent. DBS closed at S$73.99 after a S$0.07 rise, equivalent to 0.1 per cent.
Sats topped the STI’s gainers with a 2.2 per cent advance, adding S$0.08 to reach S$3.70. Mapletree Industrial Trust was the index’s weakest counter, losing S$0.05, or 2.8 per cent, to close at S$1.74.
Mapletree Industrial Trust reported a second-quarter distribution per unit of S$0.0297 for the period ending Sep 30. That was 6.6 per cent below the S$0.0318 recorded in the corresponding quarter a year earlier.
UltraGreen.ai led advances in the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index, closing at US$0.565 after gaining US$0.04, or 7.6 per cent. CapitaLand China Trust posted the index’s largest fall, dropping S$0.015, or 2.5 per cent, to S$0.59.
