KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Following is a list of
events in Malaysia as well as news stories and press reports
which may influence financial markets.
(Reuters News welcomes your feedback and for any queries
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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MALAYSIA, ALL TIMES LOCAL FOLLOWED BY
GMT
(The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that
Reuters will cover the event)
- Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd EGM at Armada Hotel,
Petaling Jaya at 0900am (0100).
- Focus Dynamics Technologies Bhd EGM at Bukit Jalil Golf &
Country Resort at 1000am (0200).
- Unico Holdings Bhd AGM at The Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
at 1500pm (0700).
MARKET SNAPSHOTS
* Malaysia’s benchmark stock index .KLSE ended 0.5 percent
higher at 1,218.8 points on Thursday. [.KLSE]
* U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday after a three-day runup on
concern recent gains were overextended despite the latest round
of solid economic data. [.N]
* Oil prices slipped slightly in seesaw trading Thursday as
U.S. equities fell, again raising concern about the economy and
a rebound in energy demand. [O/R]
* For global market news, click on [MKTS/GLOB]
* Malaysian crude palm oil futures were little changed
Thursday, taking a breather after a two-day rally, as investors
squared positions ahead of a long holiday weekend, traders
said. [POI/]
* To see Malaysian central bank regular money market tenders
issued at around 0930 local please click on the following link
here
* To see the top Islamic finance stories from Malaysia and
elsewhere click on [ID:nISLAMIC] ——————— MARKET
SNAPSHOT @ 2344 GMT ————-
INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG
S&P 500 .SPX 1,065.49 -0.31% -3.270
USD/JPY JPY= 91.15 0.13% 0.120
10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR 3.384 — 0.000
SPOT GOLD XAU= $1,013.25 0.18% 1.800
US CRUDE CLc1 $72.29 -0.25% -0.170
DOW JONES .DJI 9783.92 -0.08% -7.79
ASIA ADRS .BKAS 124.17 -1.11% -1.40
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FOR MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS, CLICK ON [ID:nKLR432672]
FOR REALTIME MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS, HIT ECONMY
KEY GLOBAL ECONOMIC NEWS, SEE [TOP/MACRO]
TOP NEWS ON ASIAN COMPANIES [TOP/EQA]
FOR ECONOMIC FX RELATED NEWS, HIT [FXNEWS]
FOR WHAT INVESTORS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEALS [DEALTALK/]
STOCKS - BUY OR SELL? [BUYSELL/]
IN THE NEWS REUTERS MALAYSIA (Click on [MY-RTRS])
>Malay-Muslim heartland in support of caning [ID:nKLR529612]
>Malaysia August auto sales up 2.8 pct yr/yr [ID:nKLA010411]
>Malaysia July mfg sales down 22.4 pct yr/yr [ID:nKLA010413]
>Malaysia August CPI falls 2.4 pct yr/yr [ID:nKLA010410]
>Bursa says CME to buy 25 pct of derivatives unit
[ID:nWNAS7375] >Malaysia’s biggest bull needs a mate
[ID:nKLA391016]
ASIA MARKETS NEWS - For an outlook of Asian stock trading,
click on [STXNEWS/AS] - Currencies in emerging Asian countries
rose sharply on Thursday amid broad dollar weakness with the
rupiah IDR=, won KRW= and baht THB= hitting around
one-year highs as risk appetite increased after U.S. industrial
output rose in August. [EMRG/FRX] - Some Southeast Asian
stock markets posted small gains on Thursday after U.S. data
brought more signs of recovery, but both Singapore and Thailand
failed to hold on to early rises, ending lower. [.SO]
(Reporting by Kuala Lumpur Newsroom)