- Singapore stocks gained on Tuesday, as geopolitical tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programme receded.
- The Straits Times Index gained 0.22 percent or 7 points to 3,235.
- Asian shares hit a 10-year peak with investors breathing a sigh of relief as North Korean fears eased slightly.
- The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country's sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, imposing a ban on the country's textile exports and capping imports of crude oil, Reuters reported.
- Sembcorp Marine rose 1 percent after its Brazilian unit, Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz Ltda, has secured hull carry over works worth about US$145 million.
- Hyflux, which designs treatment systems for water purification, said SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Corp has been ordered to pay its unit, Hydrochem, US$16.1 million following an arbitration dispute. Its shares gained percent.
- Singapore Telecommunications said it will accelerate fiber-based service adoption for its business and residential customers in a bid to support government's Smart Nation initiative. The stock was down 0.8 percent.
