STI up 2.5% for the week but falls into the red for 2016

THE Straits Times Index ended a volatile week on Friday with a 21.15-point loss at 2,873.33 that cut its gain for the five days to 70 points or 2.5 per cent.

In keeping with the three previous times this year that it managed to poke its nose above its 2016 starting level of 2,882, a rise