SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: Singapore shares gained on Monday (May 18) after the city-state reported a rise in annual exports, while most South-East Asian stock markets tracked global equities to inch higher on renewed optimism as more countries eased lockdown restrictions and reopened their economies.
Summer weather is prompting much of the world to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns as centres of the outbreak from New York to Italy and Spain gradually lift restrictions that have kept millions indoors for months.
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