Singapore's stock market performance worsened in May, with total market capitalisation falling 5.1 per cent per cent from the previous month to end at S$903.7 billion, as investors grew cautious in the face of worsening trade tensions between the United States and China.SINGAPORE'S stock market performance worsened in May, with total market capitalisation falling 5.1 per cent per cent from the previous month to end at S$903.
Blue-chip stocks were harder hit, with the total market cap of Straits Times Index constituents falling 6.6 per cent to S$552.8 billion.After topping the table of biggest gainers in April, local banks became the top losers by dollar value in May. DBS Group was down S$10.1 billion or 14 per cent, followed by UOB losing S$7.28 billion and OCBC Bank losing S$6.51 billion . This was despite OCBC and UOB beating market estimates with strong first quarter results early in May.
"The ones that are doing well are the staples," he added: safe-haven stocks with constant earnings, such as public transport or telecommunications players."This is a clear sign that investors are fearful that the economic slowdown may get worse." Mainboard companies' combined market cap fell 5.1 per cent to S$893.9 billion, while the Catalist market cap fell 6.6 per cent to S$9.7 billion. All industries saw losses, with the largest losers mining and quarry , agriculture , and finance .