Singapore shares ended higher on Tuesday with investors keeping one eye on more updates from Donald Trump's trade war, with Washington making a beeline for Europe with a 50% tariff.

Meanwhile, regional indices ended mixed today with Wall Street closing shop for Memorial Day.

The Straits Times Index (STI), a key benchmark for the Singapore Exchange, ranged between 3,871.81 and 3,896.09 throughout the day. It ended the session at 3,896.09, up 20.49 points or 0.53% compared to Monday's close.

In company news, shares of Pavillon (SGX:596) surged over 15% at the close with the company disposing another 2,261,000 shares in Lingbao Gold (HKG:3330) at HK$9.04 per share.

Boustead Singapore's (SGX:F9D) shares were up nearly 5% with the company's attributable profit to equity holders jumping 58% during fiscal H2 to SG$59.1 million from SG$37.3 million a year earlier.

Meanwhile, shares of The Hour Glass (SGX:AGS) were up nearly 1% after its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Hour Glass Australia, completed the acquisition of an Australian SPV for a consideration of AU$90 million.