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JAKARTA, June 20 (Bernama) -- Indonesia's plan to tighten oversight of strategic commodity exports through a new state-linked monitoring framework is being closely watched by industry players in Malaysia as well as buyers and traders in major markets, with analysts assessing its potential implications for the global palm oil trade.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to trade within the RM4,200 to RM4,300 per tonne range despite easing tensions in West Asia, said a trader.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s total trade in May 2026 rose by 29.8 per cent year-on-year to RM327.6 billion from RM252.5 billion a year ago, driven by stronger growth in both exports and imports, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.
By Fatin Umairah Abdul Hamid
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed mostly lower on Thursday, pressured by weaker soybean oil and crude oil prices, a trader said.
By Siti Radziah Hamzah
TASHKENT, June 17 (Bernama) -- Agrobank is targeting to establish trade facilitation and payment settlement arrangements linking Malaysia with Uzbekistan and the wider Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region by year-end.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) ongoing policy normalisation is likely to have a greater impact on Asian financial markets than the European Central Bank’s (ECB) higher-for-longer interest rate stance.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) -- ASEAN+3’s fiscal position remained broadly resilient in the first quarter (1Q) of 2026, despite emerging expenditure pressures and tighter financing conditions following the escalation of the West Asia conflict, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) ASEAN+3 Quarterly Fiscal Bulletin.
By Engku Shariful Azni Engku Ab Latif
KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 (Bernama) -- Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended mostly lower on Monday, tracking losses in soybean oil.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) -- RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB IB) has revised Malaysia’s 2026 Industrial Production Index (IPI) growth forecast upward to 4.9 per cent from 4.1 per cent.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) -- Pyxis Group, a global advisory firm, together with its joint venture partner Principia Consulting, announced a strategic partnership with CommodityAI, the agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platform purpose-built for physical commodity operations.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- The Bank Rakyat BizMatch: Make Malaysian Businesses Great programme, which is being held in Tokyo, Japan, in conjunction with the Nikkei Forum: Future of Asia 2026, is expected to generate business deals worth more than RM500 million in the next 12 months.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (Bernama) -- Overall credit strength across South and Southeast Asia will remain stable over the next 12-18 months, although US dollar strength would weigh on the credit quality for a subset of rated companies with structural currency mismatches, according to Moody’s Ratings.
