SOEs lead fall in stock market

State-owned enterprises led the fall in market value in China's A-share market in 2013, as equities went through another tough year.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped by 0.18 percent, ending at 2,097 on Monday, marking a 7.9 percent drop year-to-date.

By last Monday, a total of 811 listed companies had seen their market value decrease from the start of the year, according to Wind Information, a financial data provider.