The situation at the stock markets worsened during the second quarter (July-September, 2002) of the current year, with losers outnumbering gainers 7:1.
In absolute terms, of the 1,644 actively traded stocks, as many as 1,437 lost ground, while only 207 recorded gains.
During the first half of the year (April-September, 2002), there was a mixed trend, with 959 gainers and 682 losers.
However, the redeeming feature in the last three months has been that the
