KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the week broadly higher due to bargain-hunting activities in the

KUALA LUMPUR: Stocks on Bursa Malaysia were beaten down on Monday on speculation over the political developments in the country.... A news portal yesterday had cited confirmation from the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will hand in his resignation today to the King.... Kenanga Research affirmed a negative outlook in its weekly technical note given the negative momentum....

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLC pared losses as it entered midday with glove stocks helping to shore up the index, which had been pressured lower on concerns over global lockdowns resulting from the spread of a new Covid-19 variant.... There was also broad-based selling across the market's sectors, with financial institutions hit by the prospect of the recovery theme being derailed by the latest Covid development.... The glove sector underwent a revival of fortunes, and went the opposite direction o

Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Monday, nearly reversing the Standard Poor’s 500’s losses

The benchmark index ended less than 0.2% below that mark. Technology, communication and financial stocks helped lift the SP 500.... Companies that rely on consumer spending also rose.... Energy stocks rallied as the price of U.S. crude oil jumped 5.3%, recovering some of the ground it lost last week....

Stocks on Wall Street bounced back from a two-day slide Thursday, placing the Standard Poor’s 500 index on pace for its second straight weekly gain.... Technology stocks and banks made some of the biggest gains, along with a wide range of retailers and other consumer-oriented companies.... Only communication services stocks and real estate companies fell. The modest rally came as the latest government data showed continued economic growth and investors reviewed another batch of mostly positive

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI remained slightly higher at midday despite the market registering a an overall negative result with many more decliners than gainers.At 12. 30pm, the benchmark index was up 1.33 points to 1, 608.62 after profit-taking erased most of the gains recorded earlier in the day. There were 685 laggards over the morning session compared with 296 gainers. Press Metal helped to shore up the market after climbing 21 sen to RM6.56. Plantations also led gains including Kuala Lumpur

SYDNEY: Asian stocks were mostly up on Thursday as investors took comfort from growing signs the Federal Reserve will soon embark on rate cuts, while chatter of an imminent policy shift in Japan lifted the yen and pulled the Nikkei off its all-time highs. Markets were also generally cautious ahead of the European Central Bank meeting later in the day.... In other news, Japan's major union won big pay hikes in 2024 wage talks.... Gold prices rose 0.4% on Thursday to$ 2, 156.49, another record h

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The indexes started off the day headed higher and never slipped into the red, a change from the market’s recent bout of volatile trading. More than 85% of stocks in the SP 500 gained ground, with technology and communications stocks powering much of the gains.... Microsoft rose 2.2%, and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, gained 1.6%. Bond yields were mixed.... It’s still the highest it’s been since before the pandemic began. Advertisement Business‘A crisis for renters’: Football sent Inglewoo