Singapore shares continue slide on Friday, down 1% on the week

WITH the US market closed for Thanksgiving and no updates from the US-China trade front, investor worries were left to linger in silence over China's possible reaction to the Hong Kong pro-democracy bill being passed in the US.

Singapore's Straits Times Index (STI) extended losses from the previous session but fared better than most of its regional peers to finish at 3,193.92, easing 6.69 points or 0.2 per cent.

On the week, the blue-chip index dipped 31.73 points or 1 per cent from last Friday's close of 3,225.65. The STI lost 35.96 points or 1.1 per cent in November.