| LATEST NEWS | The ringgit strengthened to its best level in almost eight years at 3.92 against the US dollar as at Jan 28, 2026, remaining as one of Asia's best-performing currencies -- Amir Hamzah | GDP growth in 2025 is estimated at 4.9 per cent, trade growth will exceed 6 per cent and reach a record high of RM3 trillion -- Amir Hamzah | The 2025 deficit is expected to meet the 3.8 pct target and decline to 3.5 pct this year -- Amir Hamzah | Malaysia remains a stable investment destination with foreign fund inflows into equity and bond markets exceeding RM1 bilion in Januari 2026 -- Amir Hamzah | Malaysia-Indonesia border issue: PM Anwar strongly rejects allegations, slander that government betrayed the country | |
By Karina Imran
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia snapped its five-day winning streak to close lower on Wednesday, as investors took profit following a cumulative gain of 4.25 per cent over the past five sessions, said an analyst.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- Kinergy Advancement Bhd has formalised a strategic partnership with Thailand’s B.Grimm Power Public Co Ltd, which will be investing RM41.52 million to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Kinergy’s investment vehicle, Jati Cakerawala Sdn Bhd, for a proposed full-new built gas turbine power plant.
By Karina Imran
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia retreated from recent gains to open lower on Wednesday, as investors took profit after the market scaled fresh highs and assessed mixed performances on Wall Street, an analyst said.
By Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- The ringgit ended at another fresh high in more than seven years against the US dollar today, reaching the 3.95 level, with an economist setting a new support level for the local currency at RM3.8722.
By Karina Imran
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) views the country’s 2026 growth outlook as resilient and expects inflation to remain moderate.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Equinix Inc is actively exploring opportunities across Malaysia to determine how the company can effectively service and meet future customer demand, amid strong and growing interest in the country’s data centre market.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid and Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s equity market surged to its strongest level since 2018 on Tuesday, as renewed investor confidence, underpinned by a firmer ringgit and shifting global capital dynamics, prompted a reassessment of the country’s risk profile, say economists.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Clearwater Analytics has introduced embedded agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within Beacon by CWAN, its enterprise risk and quantitative analytics platform, enabling institutional risk teams to accelerate model validation, exposure analysis, and decision-making.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) Drone Championship delivered a high-profile test of human skill against artificial intelligence (AI), with autonomous systems setting new speed benchmarks while a human pilot narrowly prevailed in the headline Human vs AI finale.
SUBANG JAYA, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- AWC Bhd has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based TwinMatrix Technologies Pte Ltd to advance digital innovation across its facilities and infrastructure operations.
By Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- The ringgit spiralled to breach the 4.00 psychological level at the close today against the US dollar, as the currency extended its uptrend that began last week, reflecting improving sentiment toward the country’s economic fundamentals and policy stability.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- Quantexa, a global pioneer in Decision Intelligence (DI), announced the global availability of its Quantexa Accelerator for Decision Intelligence for Guidewire ClaimCenter on the Guidewire Marketplace.
