HEADLINES

Closing

Ringgit appreciates to strongest level since October 2024

Optimism over US government shutdown resolution boosts currency’s performance against major rivals

Bursa Malaysia ends at intraday high, breaks 1,500 key level

At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 14.94 points or 1.01% to 1,501.19 from Tuesday’s close of 1,486.25

Ringgit rises 0.24% against US dollar

Market sentiments remain guarded ahead of the US FOMC deliberation tonight

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Several top athletes aim for salaries that could outpace even the highest-earning footballers, raising questions about the sustainability of funding within Malaysian sports

Of Chinese gangs, a M’sian ex-deputy minister, and Burmese rebels: KL event ensnared in Myanmar scam centre?

Human rights group reveals event at JW Marriott for controversial Dongmei Zone, which allegedly sourced billions of ringgit in investments from prominent individuals, and reported by Chinese human trafficking victim to be rife with crime, drugs, brothels

Agong’s warning on ‘flying coffins’: A look back at Malaysia’s Skyhawk jet fiasco – A. Azim Idris

Sultan Ibrahim highlighted the costly A-4 Skyhawk deal as a lesson in scrapping the procurement of 30-year-old Black Hawk choppers, urging Malaysia to avoid past failures in defence strategies