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By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher, with the benchmark index rising 0.60 per cent as bargain-hunting persisted following the recent sell-off, despite weaker performances across regional markets.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session higher on sustained buying in heavyweight stocks, particularly in consumer products and services, and plantation counters.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended on a firmer note today, outperforming a broadly weaker regional market, as local sentiment was supported by bargain hunting in oversold blue-chip stocks following the benchmark index’s recent slide.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has secured the top position in the Global Islamic Economy Indicator, reaffirming its leadership in the global halal economy, according to the State of the Global Islamic Economy (SGIE) Report 2025/2026.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s demographic shift towards an ageing society is accelerating faster than previously anticipated.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- AirAsia X has denied recent media reports claiming that Philippines AirAsia operations have been grounded.
By Siti Radziah Hamzah, Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli & Norsyafawati Ab Wahab
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has cautioned that while the growth of artificial intelligence presents abundant opportunities to accelerate energy transition efforts, it must not outpace nations' sustainability ambitions.
By Harizah Hanim Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- The ringgit was traded slightly firmer against the US dollar at the opening today, as soft sentiment towards the greenback outweighed better-than-expected key United States economic data.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark index reversed earlier gains to end lower on Wednesday, weighed down by losses in telecommunications and banking sectors, despite a broadly positive performance across Asian markets.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session on a firmer note, supported by continued bargain-hunting in selected heavyweight stocks, particularly within the consumer and industrial products and services sectors.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- Local institutions and retailers extended their net buying streaks on Bursa Malaysia last week, with institutions recording a sixth consecutive week of net inflows and retailers posting a third straight week, amounting to RM2.12 billion and RM410.6 million, respectively.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 (Bernama) -- Gold futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to remain well supported next week as investors assess the sustainability of easing geopolitical tensions in West Asia.
