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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures price changes at the producer level, rose by 0.8 per cent year-on-year in January 2025, extending the 0.5 per cent increase recorded in December 2024, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Hytera Communications, a global leader in professional communications technologies and solutions, will showcase its Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC or PTToC) solution, the Hytera HyTalk PoC Platform, at Mobile World Congress 2025 (MWC25) in Barcelona on March 3 to 6.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Bernama) – The government and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will continue to strengthen and improve existing channels and mechanisms to facilitate trade and investment transactions in the local currency.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD) is expected to trade between RM4,000 per tonne and RM4,600 per tonne from now until March 31, 2025.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol throughout the country will remain unchanged at RM3.43 and RM2.05 per litre respectively for the Feb 27 to March 5 period.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur rubber market closed mixed on Wednesday, weighed by a downtrend in the regional rubber futures market amid global trade uncertainties, said a dealer.
By Mikhail Raj Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- The Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat should be given more clout to flag countries that resort to non-tariff barriers (NTBs).
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- The government is taking measures to mitigate the negative impact of global economic uncertainties on international trade by expanding export destinations and strengthening trade diplomacy, said the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI).
By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (Bernama) -- The ringgit weakened against the US dollar at close today, after reaching a nearly three-week high, highlighting the challenges of breaking below the RM4.40 level following US President Donald Trump's announcement that tariffs on Mexico and Canada would proceed as planned.
KOTA TINGGI, Feb 25 (Bernama) -- The End-Term Review of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 was among the matters discussed at the The 47th High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF-EI).
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened marginally higher against the US dollar this morning with further attempts expected to break below the RM4.40 level as traders and investors observe the next move in respect to US tariffs.
By Anas Abu Hassan
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur rubber market ended mixed today tracking the performance of regional rubber futures markets amid concerns over escalating global trade tensions, said a dealer.
