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Singapore shares 4.7 percent lower
Tue, Sep 30, 2008
AFP

>Singapore shares fell 4.70 percent in early trade Tuesday after the US House of Representatives rejected a massive bailout plan for the financial sector.

The blue-chip Straits Times Index was 111.06 points lower at 2,250.28, following the lead of Wall Street blue-chips which suffered their worst single-day point decline ever on Monday. --AFP

 

 
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