Friday, September 5, 2008

Market Summary -- 5th Sep 08

FTSE STI closed 2,574.21, down 51.84 points or 1.97%, lowest close value since September 2006. Number of advance vs decline was 136 vs 390. Total volume for the day was 1.098b and total value was S$1.57b. Of the 30 STI component stocks, 24 closed lower, 2 closed in positive and remaining 4 unchanged. The top 5 component losers were :-

1. KepCorp -0.490
2. JSH -0.420
3. UOB -0.400
4. DBS -0.280
5. CityDev -0.270

The 2 gainer stocks were :-

1. HKLand +0.030
2. Olam +0.020