Singapore Shares Rise 0.6%. First Resources up Nearly 6%; CityDev, OCBC Bank up Around 2%; YZJ Shipbldg, Seatrium Down over 2%
Singapore shares recovered to surge on Wednesday, despite most regional indices ending in the negative territory over rising oil prices and expectations of a tighter monetary policy.The Straits Times Index , a key benchmark for the Singapore Exchange, ranged between 5,699.59 and 5,744.11 throughout the day. It ended the session at 5,744.11, up 33.74 points or 0.6% compared to Tuesday's close.On the corporate front, shares of RH Petrogas closed over 5% higher as its well-testing operation at the Northwest Klagagi-1 well in Indonesia confirmed strong gas-condensate deliverability, along with an unexpected oil discovery.EGP Energy was down nearly 1% at the close as it secured a new transmission and distribution project worth around SG$6.2 million.Meanwhile, shares of Frencken Group were down nearly 1% at the close as it received approval-in-principle from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading on Sept. 1 for the listing and quotation of 44.1 million new shares to be issued under its