EASING oil prices will provide relief and lure investors back to equities, possibly nudging the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index towards 900 points by year's end and 1,050 in 2005, a securities industry official said.
KLCS Asset Management Sdn Bhd chief investment officer Choo Swee Kee also said that oil consumption was not matching demand, as a big part of the money (from equities) could have gone to the oil market due to speculation.
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