Just look at the daily stock market volumes and you will get your answer.
1. economy not doing all that well
2. many investors shunning the local bourse...why? hehehe maybe too much K factor
<table style="border: 1px solid lightgray;" width="90%" align="center"><tbody><tr height="16"><td class="sgx_home_label" style="padding-left: 10px;">Volume:</td> <td class="header2 style3" style="padding-right: 10px;" align="right">287.7M</td> </tr> <tr height="16"> <td class="sgx_home_label" style="padding-left: 10px;">Value:</td> <td class="header2 style3" style="padding-right: 10px;" align="right">$397.6M</td> </tr> <tr height="16"> <td class="sgx_home_label" style="padding-left: 10px;">Gainers/Losers:</td> <td class="header2 style3" style="padding-right: 10px;" align="right">168/95</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="2">
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SGX</td> <td class="header2 style3" width="20%">
7.200</td> <td class="header2 style3" width="20%">+0.020</td> <td class="header2 style3" width="20%">1,004</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4">
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