Ringgit opens lower against US dollar

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): The ringgit opened easier against the greenback on Tuesday (Oct 26) on a lack of market catalysts, said a dealer. At 9.02am, the local currency had depreciated to 4.1505/1535 versus the greenback from 4.1480/1510 at…

Bursa opens slightly higher

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): Bursa Malaysia's key index opened slightly higher on Tuesday (Oct 26) in line with a stronger Wall Street performance overnight. At 9.05am, the FBM KLCI had gained 0.68 of a point to 1,588.62 from Monday's close at…

94.7% of adults fully vaccinated

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 22,166,633 people or 94.7% of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday. Based on the health ministry’s CovidNow portal, 97.5% of the adult population, or…

Pandelela speaks up on lewd jokes

PETALING JAYA: National diving champion Pandelela Rinong has spoken up against rape jokes and detailed her own experience of being subjected to lewd jokes by her former coach in a Twitter thread today. Her tweets come in the wake of public…

Bursa Malaysia remains lower at midday

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Bursa Malaysia remained lower at midday on Thursday as profit-taking accelerated in most index-linked counters, led by the healthcare and small-capitalisation stocks, analysts said. At 12.30am, the benchmark index…