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STI posts slight losses on Friday but adds 1.2% on the week
Published Fri, Sep 6, 2019 · 09:50 PM
MARKETS got increasingly confident as the week progressed due to a de-escalation in the trade dispute between the US and China.
But it was really the effect of Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam's significant concession - the full withdrawal of the extradition bill - that proved to be the difference for Asian markets which gained this week.
On Friday, S…
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