Market News on 5 MARCH 2024
S&P 500 edges lower as investors hold their breath ahead of economic data (Reuters)
Fed's Bostic: No urgency to cut interest rates given US economy's strength (Reuters)
Bitcoin tops $67,000 as it nears 2021 all-time high (CNBC)
Gold rises above $2,100 to highest level ever as traders bet on rate cuts (CNBC)
Global semicon sales rose 15.2% y-o-y in January to US$47.6 billion, says US-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) (The Edge)
Evaluation of KL-Singapore HSR concept proposals to take two months, Parliament told (The Edge)
Icon Offshore awarded contract for OSV services (Malaysian Reserve)
Deleum bolsters regional footprint with planned acquisition in Indonesia (Malaysian Reserve)
Iskandar Waterfront (IWCITY) unveils RM4b 10-year plan for JB developments (Malaysian Reserve)
SMRT makes inroads into Philippines via managed ATM infrastructure deal (The Sun)
Berjaya Corp set to expand into Japan’s ¥3.4 trillion tourism market (The Sun)
Nylex gets another six-month extension till end-July to submit regularisation plan (The Edge)
Ge-Shen buys 40% in Local Assembly after LTKM scraps RTO with the EMS firm (The Edge)
JAG's offer for KUB Malaysia turns unconditional (The Edge)
Handal Energy gets time extension to hold 2024 AGM by Dec 31 (The Edge)
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