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By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia gave up yesterday’s gains to close lower on Friday, tracking regional weakness following Wall Street’s downturn as global equities slipped on renewed worries over stretched technology valuations and uncertainty surrounding the US Federal Reserve’s policy outlook.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s services trade returned to surplus after 56 quarters, supporting a RM12.2 billion current account surplus in the third quarter (3Q) 2025, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia experienced a choppy trading session but settled marginally higher on Thursday, recovering from the previous day’s losses, supported by banking and consumer stocks.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- The government's efforts to enhance the country’s economic diversity are successful, considering the performance of the competitive economic sectors projected for the third quarter (3Q) of this year, said Finance Minister II and acting Economy Minister Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- Local institutions extended to a five-week consecutive streak of net purchases, recording inflows of RM280.7 million last week.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia, together with regulatory authorities, is working closely to enhance market efficiency, vibrancy, and accessibility for investors — including foreign investors — to reduce the risk of sell-offs and foreign fund outflows from the equity market.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has room to reduce the overnight policy rate (OPR), but there is no immediate urgency to do so given the country’s resilient economic outlook, said Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid.
By Harizah Hanim Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- The ringgit is seen moving towards the 4.00 to 4.15 level against the greenback by end-2025, after registering a six per cent gain against the US dollar year-to-date, making it the top-performing Asian currency and affirming its steady trajectory.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- The plantation, technology and telecommunication sectors topped the list of sectors with net inflows last week, each sector raking in RM151.2 million, RM89.7 million and RM5.7 million, respectively.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar on the first trading day of November, nearing its one-year high, with traders anticipating an unchanged overnight policy rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent.
GOPENG, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- The Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed between the United States (US) and Malaysia has the potential to pave the way for new investments into Perak, particularly in the non-radioactive rare earth elements (NR-REE) sector.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Foreign investors extended their net selling streak to two consecutive weeks across Asian markets last week, recording US$1.74 billion of net foreign outflows.
