The Singapore stock market on Friday wrote a finish to the three-day slide in which it had slumped almost 80 points or 1.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 5,000-point plateau although it's likely to head south again on Monday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is negative following the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Israel against Iran. The European and U.S. markets were down on Friday and the Asian bourses are expected to open in similar fashion.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.