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August market capitalisation dips 0.6%

Weak reporting season and geopolitics weigh on local investor sentiment

Anita Gabriel

Published Fri, Aug 29, 2014 · 10:00 PM

Singapore

TRADING in the month of August ended on Friday with a clear verdict from a common gauge of the worth of the local stock market - the market capitalisation of all 765 companies (just one less from a month ago) on the bourse as at end-August was worth less than in July, by some S$6 billion, to be precise.

Blame that largely on the big falls in the agriculture, multi-industry, properties and transport, stor…

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