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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) posted a net profit of RM35.06 million in its fiscal first quarter ended July 31, 2018 (1QFY19)…

(Sept 28): When Zhang Yiming first shopped the idea of a news aggregation app powered by artificial intelligence six years ago, investors including Sequoia Capital…

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): Gamuda Bhd fell into the red in the fourth financial quarter ended July 31, 2018 (4QFY18), due to a one-off loss…

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): WCT Holdings Bhd walked away with two major awards at the 18th Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Awards (MCIEA) tonight. The property developer…

(Sept 28): Two of Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Asian partners in a liquefied natural gas venture in western Canada approved their share of the investment,…

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): Based on corporate announcements and news flow today, companies in focus on Monday (Oct 1) may include: Notion VTec Bhd, IRIS…

OVERVIEW EUR-USD found its feet after posting a one-week low at 1.1685 USD/CAD hits 1.31, retreats to mid-1.30s amidst continuing NAFTA negotiations.  HIGHLIGHT The EUR wavered between bearish and bullish today, following brisk sales of the Euro when the market opened. The FTSE is lagging, and the Eurozone ESI economic survey returns were below forecasts. […]

The main theme has been dollar and yen firmness against most other currencies, amid a risk-off backdrop, though both currencies came off their highs. EUR-USD found its feet after posting a one-week low at 1.1685, settling back in the lower 1.1700s. There had bee a flurry of Euro selling a the European open, though the […]

Both the dollar and yen have lifted against most other currencies, with the Japanese currency outperforming its North American counterpart. This comes a risk-off backdrop, with Asia stock markets, after starting firmly, having come under pressure. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 1% for the worse, while the Shanghai Composite reversed out of an AM-session gain, and […]

The Dollar index rose to a near two-week high in N.Y. trade on Thursday, aided by generally good incoming U.S. data, and spillover buying following the Fed’s rate hike on Wednesday. The DXY topped at 94.89, after opening near 94.45. EUR-USD fell to 1.1554 from opening highs of around 1.1720. USD-JPY printed 2018 high of […]

The Dollar has traded with a slight upside bias ahead of potential market-jolting events. USD-JPY briefly traded above 113.00 for the first time since mid July, posting a high at 113.02 just after the Tokyo fixing before settling to a narrow range in the upper 112.00s. AUD-JPY concurrently posted a three-session high and while EUR-JPY […]

Mostly narrow ranges have prevailed so far today. EUR-USD has continued to make time in the mid 1.1700s, holding below the two-month that was seen earlier in the week at 1.1815. USD-JPY traded above 113.00 for the first time since mid July, posting a high at 113.02 just after the Tokyo fixing before settling to […]