STI down 33.61 points as Asian markets end week in a sea of red
ONE'S mood usually lifts with each passing day of the work week, hitting a high point on Friday evening as the weekend begins.
However, market sentiment during the trading week in Asia was just the opposite.
The week got off to a bright start on optimism of a breakthrough in a trade deal between the US and China.
Disappointing data releases and cuts in economic growth forecasts from China and the US followed.
But it took the European Central Bank (ECB) slashing 2019 eurozone growth and inflation forecasts, and …
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