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Negative US-China trade deal headlines hit STI

Japanese and S Korean benchmarks similarly weighed down, but markets in Australia, China, HK, Malaysia and Taiwan gained

Published Tue, Nov 19, 2019 · 09:50 PM

PROGRESS, or a lack thereof, on the US-China trade front continues to be the "be-all-and-end-all" driver of market sentiment.

On Tuesday, investors had to digest reports that Beijing was concerned about US President Donald Trump's unwillingness to roll back tariffs.

The effect of the report seemed to have a bigger …

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