Asia slides on HK chaos, trade deal doubts
S'pore joins Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, S Korea, Taiwan in sea of red as STI slides 28.58 points or 0.9% to 3,239.22
AS the trading week heads into the home stretch, it is clear that investors are facing another bout of volatility.
Uncertainty over a US-China trade deal and increasingly chaotic scenes in Hong Kong battered market sentiment on Wednesday.
The local benchmark and its regional brethren predictably retreated, and anxiety has filled the air.
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