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By Engku Shariful Azni Engku Ab Latif
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed lower on Friday, tracking weakness in soybean oil prices, said palm oil trader David Ng.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- Airwallex has acquired majority ownership of PT Skye Sab Indonesia, a PJP Category 1 licence holder, strengthening its position across Southeast Asia and expanding access to its global financial infrastructure for Indonesian merchants.
By Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s key index closed higher today on bargain hunting, in line with positive investor sentiment across regional markets, consolidating at its highest level in more than two months — a level last seen on Oct 2, 2025.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia traded higher in the morning session, mirroring the upbeat performance of regional peers and supported by positive sentiment following Wall Street’s strong overnight gains.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- Oil palm smallholders are reminded not to be deceived by the sale of cheap fertilisers with low nutrient content levels, which affect yields and waste resources.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the long-term issuer credit rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb+” (Good) of The New India Assurance Company Limited (New India).
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia edged higher in early trade, following mostly stronger sessions on Wall Street overnight.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- 2025 will be remembered as the “tariff year”, no thanks to the unexpected United States (US) tariffs that shook markets worldwide, with Malaysia not spared.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- The oil and gas (O&G) sector is expected to record a 6.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) earnings increase in the fourth quarter of 2025 (4Q 2025), said CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd.
By Zufazlin Baharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- The ringgit bounced to the 4.10 level against the US dollar at Thursday’s close, hitting a new high in four years and six months after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates for the third time this year, which weighed on the greenback.
By Engku Shariful Azni Engku Ab Latif
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur rubber market closed lower on Thursday, in tandem with losses in crude oil prices and regional rubber futures markets, as ringgit strengthened against the US dollar, a dealer said.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia traded higher in the morning session, supported by improved sentiment following the US Federal Reserve’s rate cut and in line with overnight gains on Wall Street.
