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STI ends 2019 in the black after roller-coaster year
Analysts eyeing catch-up rally in the new year should trade and manufacturing recover
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An electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo in December. Except for Malaysia, which ended the year in the red, the rest of Asia's share markets stayed in the black after hopes of a United States-China trade war truce helped erase losses in the home stretch of last year.
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Singapore's stock market ended last year in the black - albeit as one of the region's underperformers - with some analysts seeing opportunities for a catch-up rally in the new year if an upturn in manufacturing and trade materialises.
Amid a volatile year, the Straits Times Index (STI) managed a 5.02 per cent gain despite two major sell-offs in May and August last year.
