KUALA LUMPUR: News on stock, crypto and ringgit moves.
The 30-stock key index inched into positive territory as utilities and healthcare heavyweights surged in the afternoon session.
The benchmark index will likely trend within the 1,595 to 1,605 range towards the weekend.
Glovemakers, Top Glove and Supermax, saw active trading today, as a higher US tariff on Chinese gloves is expected to make Malaysian gloves more price-competitive.
Meanwhile, the ringgit dipped to 4.5020 against the US dollar.
In the crypto market, Bitcoin rebounded to RM462,521 after falling on US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's comments that it cannot hold Bitcoin.
Ethereum followed suit as it traded higher at RM16,698, while Solana rose to RM948.
That's it for Market Pulse.