Market Focus Daily: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Investors monitor developments on trade deals with Trump’s early July deadline on tariffs approaching; Tariff talks between Japan and the United States fall short of a breakthrough; Britain left unresolved the issue of steel and aluminium duties and oil prices rise.

Synopsis: Market Focus Daily is a closing bell roundup by The Business Times that looks at the day’s market movements and news from Singapore and the region.

Written by: Howie Lim (howielim@sph.com.sg)

Produced and edited by: Chai Pei Chieh & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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