Malaysia's KLCI Index to Add 20 Stocks in Phased Expansion
Benchmark restructure aims to reduce concentration in financial services and utilities while broadening exposure to industrials, technology and consumer sectors through 2027.
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Benchmark restructure aims to reduce concentration in financial services and utilities while broadening exposure to industrials, technology and consumer sectors through 2027.

Currency gains ground after central bank holds overnight policy rate at 2.75 percent, while softer dollar adds momentum

Analysts expect Bank Negara to keep rates steady at 2.75% on September 3, while US labour data could define near-term currency direction

Twelve institutional investors bought into tokenised Islamic bonds settled with digital bank deposits, testing infrastructure for automated capital markets

Malaysia's currency strengthened against the dollar on softer US Treasury yields and a weaker greenback, with market focus shifting to the Federal Reserve's policy signals this week.

The conglomerate took a RM1.62 billion impairment charge on its UK associate Synthomer, erasing a year of profits despite rising revenue

The currency edged past 4.03 per dollar Monday morning, with economists watching whether strong July trade data can sustain momentum into year-end.

Developer and bank launch joint initiative targeting industrial-sector businesses with financing facilities and government-backed guarantees

Malaysia's currency ended six-day surge at 4.0365 per dollar, with analysts warning profit-taking may follow Jackson Hole comments