Stronger currency, stronger stock market?


WHAT does a strengthening ringgit do to our stock market? TA Securities senior technical analyst Stephen Soo says a firm ringgit is a boost to the stock market as it encourages fund inflows.

Although he sees bonds as the main beneficiary of a stronger ringgit, with equities next, he is more bullish on equities for the second half of the year, on the back of the tabling of the 10th Malaysian Plan and the release of more details on the New Economic Model.

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