Stocks gain, led by Dow as investors look for rate insight
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow leading gains on Wednesday, and the S&P 500 setting a closing record,…
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The allure of higher returns abroad
More Malaysian fund managers are investing outside of the country in search of stronger returns, to the tune of RM329bil…
Expensive US chip stocks at risk of sell-off
The artificial intelligence (AI) furore gripping the stock market has the shares of chipmakers like Nvidia Corp soaring, making them…
Retail investors host meme stock party
The retail investing crowd is back in the throes of a meme stock mania as encouraging messaging from the Federal…
Consumer stocks underperform the market
The yawning divide between the super-rich and middle-class in India’s booming economy is set to persist, if the “underperformance” of…
Property stocks rally on declining unsold units, new launches
Malaysia’s property bull market continues to rage as the Property Index of Bursa Malaysia crossed the 1,000-point mark, a level…
Bursa Malaysia ends lower in tandem with regional peers
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed lower on Wednesday as the short-term market sentiment remains jittery amid the uncertain global performance, said an analyst.
Concerns over higher trading costs
With the Securities Commission’s (SC) frank acknowledgement that it needs to relook its revenue model after another year of deficit,…
Broad selling seen on Bursa as profit-taking emerges
KUALA LUMPUR: With no fresh catalyst to lift sentiment, the domestic equities market continued on its downward trajectory ahead of…