KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened easier against the greenback on Tuesday, on a lack of market

Melintang, Perak, is expected to be a growth catalyst for the group’s marine products manufacturing

Melintang, Perak, is expected to be a growth catalyst for the group’s marine products manufacturing

PETALING JAYA: The construction sector could see margin compression in the medium-term due to an environment of high building material costs and manpower shortages. Raw materials prices made up 50% to 60% of the overall cost structure for the sector. RHB Research said contractors could resort to pricing in their increasing input costs into new tenders.“ For previously won contracts, contractors may have to incur the rise in costs without being able to pass on the cost to other parties.“ Converse

PETALING JAYA: Foreign investors have been snapping up Malaysian equities, but this could not save the blue chips and penny stocks from a lacklustre performance since late October. Amid a disappointing third-quarter economic growth and investors’ rejection of some of the Budget 2022 tax measures, the FBM KLCI and the FBM Small Cap Index had declined by 5.1% and 4.2% respectively over the last four weeks. Analysts said the low expectations for the third-quarter corporate earnings, which were clou

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disappointment in FY21.... " With lack of rerating catalyst and the new hospitals under gestation period

lack of catalysts, said an analyst.... Turnover fell to 2.45 billion shares worth RM1.99 billion from

A more turbulent fourth quarter may change that.... — ReutersMike Dolan is a columnist for Reuters.... The views expressed here are the writer’s own....

awaited further domestic catalysts before pushing higher. There were 499 decliners on the market