After an upward trend through the previous months, stock prices fell toward the end of the month in October on concerns about the rising number of coronavirus cases in Europe and North America. The CG Rating Score Top 20 stock indexes significantly underperformed the two indices. CG Top 20 stock prices fell 5.41% in October, while TOPIX and JPX400 closed down 2.81% and 2.75% respectively. However, the cumulative return of CG Top 20 stock prices kept significant outperformance against the both indices (see chart below).