Market hit by geopolitical uncertainty
Thursday's 16.8-point drop brings ST Index's loss for the week to eight points
LOCAL stocks spent the week tracking swings in the Dow futures and Wall Street, which in turn were dictated by geopolitical risk concerns. The main source of this risk were developments first in Syria where the US launched missile attacks, then the Korean peninsula, where tensions are running high after the US despatched an aircraft carrier there this week in an apparent show of force to Pyongyang after the latter's explicit statements about nuclear weapons and the likelihood of using them.
Also high on the list of worries is the US-China relationship given China's support for North Korea. Thi…
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