Bursa Malaysia Opens Lower Amid West Asia Uncertainty
KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened lower on Thursday, reversing the previous session's gains as escalating tensions in West Asia weighed on investor sentiment.
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened lower on Thursday, reversing the previous session's gains as escalating tensions in West Asia weighed on investor sentiment.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened firmer against the US dollar on Thursday as the greenback weakened after the release of minutes from the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s energy transition will depend not only on expanding generation capacity but also on its ability to build a smarter, more integrated and more resilient power grid, an industry expert said.
By Danni Haizal Danial Donald
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- Late buying interest lifted Bursa Malaysia to a slightly higher close on Wednesday, reversing earlier losses and bucking the mixed performance across regional markets.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- Record Asset Management GmbH (RAM), a subsidiary of London-listed Record Financial Group plc (Record), has launched Record Amanah, a platform offering Sharia-compliant investment solutions to institutional investors, as it expands its private markets business.
By Kenny Teng Khoon Hock
BANGKOK, July 8 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is strengthening its economic partnership with Thailand through its participation in the World Health Expo (WHX) Bangkok 2026, aimed at expanding bilateral cooperation in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- EIG, an institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, announced that its liquefied natural gas (LNG) company, MidOcean Energy (MidOcean), has secured a US$1.13 billion investment from the Private Department of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan (Private Department). (US$1=RM4.07)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation’s (IILM) total outstanding short-term sukuk assets climbed to a record US$7.2 billion, following a US$1.28 billion issuance and reissuance exercise (US$1=RM4.07).
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- Modon has recorded more than 13 billion Emirati dirham in sales within days of launching Hudayriyat Golf Estates on Hudayriyat Island in Abu Dhabi, setting what the company claimed is the highest publicly recorded sales value for a single residential project launch in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (100 Emirati dirham = RM111.03)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened higher on Wednesday, outperforming the weaker overnight performance on Wall Street and mixed trading across regional markets.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 (Bernama) -- Gold futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower today, mirroring losses in COMEX gold, as investors awaited the release of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes on Wednesday.
By Rosemarie Khoo Mohd Sani
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 (Bernama) -- The ringgit closed higher against the US dollar today, tracking gains in regional currencies as a weaker greenback and firmer crude oil prices lifted sentiment, an analyst said.