Singapore stocks lose 2.7% of value in September; STI sees another monthly decline

Singapore

THE market capitalisation of Singapore-listed stocks fell 2.7 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) in September - to S$739.9 billion - weighed down by Catalist-listed counters.

The total market value of Catalist-listed stocks fell 5.9 per cent m-o-m from S$11 billion to S$10.4 billion, while the market value of mainboard-listed stocks slipped 2.7 per cent from S$749.4 billion in August to S$729.5 billion in September.