KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips on Bursa Malaysia were firmer at midday on Wednesday with some mild buying of CIMB and YTL but external euro zone worries dampened buying enthusiasm.
Among regional markets, Asian stocks dropped and the euro fell to a two-year low as Spanish borrowing costs rose and China damped speculation of large-scale stimulus in the world's second-largest economy, wire reports said.
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