STOCKS on the KLSE ended August on a weak note, with the Composite Index (CI) dropping 0.4% to 743 yesterday ahead of the long Merdeka weekend but up 3% for the entire month following the market's breakout from a consolidation period at the end of July.
Second board stocks were hardest hit yesterday, and the index was the least performing of the exchange's main indices for the month, rising just slightly more than 2%.
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