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US probe jitters weigh on S'pore shares
STI closes lower by 11.07 points; turnover for the day is thin, coming in at 1.5 billion worth S$810 million
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Mon, Dec 4, 2017 · 09:50 PM
THE volatility perpetuated by US President Donald Trump is back and this time Asian markets seem to be torn as to how worried they should really be.
Following the tumbling on Wall Street over the weekend after Mr Trump's former top aide, Michael Flynn, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, the indices bounced back soon after the massive tax cut went through the Senate.
But this recovery failed to spill over to the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) on Monday, even as the Dow futures was up 200 points in the afternoon.
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