Singapore shares were slightly lower, but Olam International outperformed the market after the commodities trader said it is raising capital through a bonds-with-warrants issue that is backed by state investor Temasek Holdings.
The Straits Times Index was down 0.2% at 3,059.35, while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.3% lower.
Olam shares jumped as much as 8.6% to $1.71, the highest in nearly two weeks. But the shares lost some of their earlier gains and at 1:05 p.m. were up 3.5%.
More than 65 million Olam shares were traded, 2.5 times the average full-day volume over the past 30 days.
Shares of Geo Energy Resources surged as much as 29% after the company said it had appointed investor Jim Rogers, who is known for his bullish views on commodities, as its non-executive director.
Geo Energy’s coal mining operations are mainly located in Indonesia. It was the second-highest traded stock by volume in Singapore, with more than 94 million shares traded on Tuesday.
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