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Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:47 PM PST

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened mixed Friday on mild buying demand as most investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays despite gains in other regional
bourses, dealers said.

As at 9.16 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,667.78, down 2.82 points, after opening 3.51 points lower at 1,667.09.

Regionally, sentiments were broadly positive due to the bullish Wall Street overnight performance following the better-than-expected US economic data.

The world's largest economy grew at 3.1 per cent annual rate in the third quarter, higher than previously reported.

Back home, the Finance Index rose 0.88 of a point to 15,246.2 but the Industrial Index slipped 3.87 points to 2,736.21 and the Plantation Index declined 19.94 points to 8,052.39.

The FBM Emas Index fell 16.43 points to 11,300.1, the FBMT100 eased 18.14 points to 11,158.66 and the FBM Mid 70 Index lost 16.36 points to 12,168.25.

The FBM Ace Index, however, increased 16.05 points to 4,217.48.

Gainers led losers 89 to 73, with 109 counters unchanged, 1,375 untraded and 25 others suspended.

Volume stood at 45.193 million shares worth RM25.409 million.

Among actives, Oversea Enterprise garnered three sen to 15.5 sen, Opensys was up one sen to 13.5 sen and Sumatec inched up half-a-sen to 20 sen.

MAS lost one sen to 73 sen and Scomi shed half-a-sen to 36 sen while Karambunai was flat at 12 sen.

Heavyweights, Axiata and Maxis rose one sen each to RM6.69 and RM6.57, respectively, and Public Bank earned six sen to RM16.10.

CIMB lost four sen to RM7.64 but Maybank was flat at RM9.05. Bernama

Ringgit eases against US dollar

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:50 PM PST

The ringgit was traded lower against the US dollar in the early session Friday as investors shifted demand to the greenback as the US economy grew in the third quarter, dealers said.

At 9.20 am, the ringgit was pegged at 3.0600/0630 against the US dollar from yesterday's 3.0535/0565 close.

The greenback received a boost after the US economy expanded by 3.1 per cent in the third quarter, driven by exports, government and consumer spending.

On the local front, the ringgit was traded mixed against other major currencies.

The local currency fell against the Singapore dollar to 2.5055/5084 from Thursday's close at 2.5035/5066 but rose against the Japanese yen to 3.6346/6395 from 3.6360/6409 yesterday.

The local unit, however, weakened against the British pound to 4.9713/9774 from yesterday's 4.9674/9735 close but appreciated against the euro to 4.0368/0419 from 4.0389/0431 Thursday. Bernama

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ICE-NYSE Deal Bets on 'Market Recovery' - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:42 AM PST

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BY JACOB BUNGE AND BEN FOX RUBIN

NYSE Euronext agreed to sell itself to rival IntercontinentalExchange Inc. for about $8.2 billion, in a deal that would end more than two centuries of independence for the New York Stock Exchange.

The deal would create the largest trans-Atlantic operator of derivatives and equity exchanges and an enlarged platform for an expected rush of new business as regulators push the huge over-the-counter trading market to operate through exchanges. It would present a formidable competitor to larger, but less-diversified peers such as CME Group Inc. and Germany's Deutsche Börse AG.

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Putin further distances Russia from Syria's Assad - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:12 AM PST

Journalists attend Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow. (Kirill Kudryavtsev / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images)

By Sergei L. Loiko

December 20, 2012, 9:11 a.m.

MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin on Thursday further distanced his government from Syria's leader, saying Russia would not back Bashar Assad's regime "at any price" and recognized the need for a change in the Middle Eastern nation.

"We are not concerned with the fate of Assad's regime," Putin said during his annual news conference in Moscow. "We understand what is going on, given that the [Assad] family has been in power for 40 years and that the need of change is certainly on the agenda."

Putin said the Kremlin's "position is not to back Assad and his regime in power at any price." However, he said that the Syrian conflict needed to be resolved by negotiation.

"I think agreements based on a military victory are out of place here and cannot be effective," Putin said, adding: "What will happen there primarily depends on the Syrian people themselves."

Russia, along with Iran, has been one of the Assad government's few dependable international allies. However, there has been a change of tone in recent comments from Moscow.

On Dec. 13, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said the rebels might succeed in ousting Assad, a public acknowledgment that surprised international observers. The Russian government sought to backtrack the next day, insisting the diplomat was merely characterizing the views of Syrian rebels, not stating Moscow's position.

The changing tone in Moscow reflects frustration on the part of the Kremlin, said one analyst.

"Obviously the Kremlin tried to assert its influence recently to compel Assad make some compromises in his unwavering stand based on violence and military pressure and even start some negotiations and make some other steps toward reconciliation, but to no avail," said Andrei Kortunov, president of New Eurasia Foundation, a Moscow-based think tank, in an interview Wednesday.

"That certainly rubbed Putin the wrong way, and the Russian leader is having a hard time hiding his irritation with Assad," Korutnov said.

"The time is working against Assad, and Moscow increasingly understands that the longer the civil war goes the less chances Assad has to come out victorious," Kortunov added. "The Kremlin's rhetoric we heard today in regard to Assad was unthinkable just a few months ago."

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