PETALING JAYA: The stock market kick-started the week on a positive note, with the benchmark FBM KLCI index ending the day above the 1,700 level for the first time in nine months, helped by gains in banks and other blue chips.
It tracked the uptrend of its Asian counterparts which were also broadly higher following US president Donald Trump’s positive comments on ties between the United States and its key Asian trading partners.
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