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Posted: 28 Jan 2014 05:57 PM PST

The ringgit continued to trade higher against the US dollar in early trading today on strong demand for the local currency on the back of the weakening greenback, dealers said.

As at 9am, the ringgit was quoted at 3.3214/3245 versus the US dollar from yesterday's 3.3335/3365 close.

A dealer said investors stayed on the sidelines awaiting the results of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting later today before taking any major positions on the "safe-haven" currency, making the ringgit and other Asian currencies more attractive.

"Any outcome from the meeting will likely decide the market direction, especially for Asian currencies in view of the uncertainties in the global market," he added.

Against other major currencies, the ringgit was traded mostly higher.

The local unit appreciated against the Singapore dollar to 2.6083/6128 from 2.6186/6218 yesterday and rose against the yen to 3.2200/2245 from 3.2386/2425 Tuesday.

The ringgit was also traded higher against the British pound to 5.5046/5110 from 5.5346/5406 on Tuesday and improved against the euro to 4.5354/5403 from 4.5542/5590 yesterday.-- Bernama

KL shares remain steady mid-mroning

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 06:02 PM PST

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained steady at mid-morning spurred by buying interest across the board.

At 11am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 8.41 points better at 1,789.66 points after opening 0.52 of-a-point lower at 1,780.73 points.

Leading the top gainers list, United Plantations surged 38 sen to RM25.98, British American Tobacco soared 24 sen to RM60.64 and Nestle rose 20 sen to RM67.48.

Meanwhile, Maybank added 11 sen to RM9.69, TNB gained 4.0 sen to RM11.20 and CIMB inched up 5.0 sen to RM6.89.

Among actives were KNM Group, which gained as much as 5.26 per cent or 3.0 sen to 60 sen, and Green Packet garnered half-a-sen to 45.5 sen.

Market breadth was positive as gainers outpaced losers 361 to 145, with 221 counters unchanged, 877 untraded and 30 others suspended.

Turnover totalled 500.09 million shares worth RM451.65 million.

On the scoreboard, the Finance Index rose 113.29 points to 16,399.76 points, the Plantation Index garnered 47.71 points to 8,410.24 points and the Industrial Index was 13.31 points lower at 3,043.83 points.

The FBM Emas Index added 57.85 points to 12,362.51 points, the FBMT100 Index rose 53.06 points to 12,079.39 points, the FBM 70 was up 45.77 points to 13,654.09 points and the FBM Ace increased 49.89 points to 5,873.33 points.-- Bernama

Kredit: www.nst.com.my

Selasa, 28 Januari 2014

NST Online Business Times : latest

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