Malaysian equity market may be volatile

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian equity market is expected to be dogged by continued uncertainty in the domestic political landscape in the first half of next year before investors switch their focus back to macro and micro fundamentals in the latter part of the year, Alliance Research says.

In a newly released report, Alliance Research head Bernard Ching said: “We expect the first half of 2013 to be volatile, with a downward bias, due to uncertainties surrounding the 13th general election.