KUALA LUMPUR: Following is a list of events in Malaysia as well as news company-related and market news which could have an influence on the local market.
GLOBAL MARKETS-Factory growth lifts shares as Syria risk eases
SE Asia Stocks-Mixed; Indonesia retreats, Thailand rebounds
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MALAYSIA, IN TIMES LOCAL FOLLOWED BY GMT:
* Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Abdul Wahid Omar launches Ekuinas Outsourced
Programme Tranche II, Jasmine Junior Ballroom, Level C, One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, Petaling
Jaya at 9 am (0100GMT)
* Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Maximus Ongkili opens 5th National Energy
Forum, Dorsett Grand Subang, Subang Jaya at 9 am (0100GMT)
* Finance Ministry Secretary-General Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah opens 1MET Bootcamp,
Multipurpose Hall, Intan Campus, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur at 9 am (0100GMT)
* Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Douglas Uggah Embas chairs consultation
with industry players, Boardroom 1, Ground Floor, Convention Centre, Renaissance Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur at 11 am (0300GMT)
MARKET NEWS
> Nikkei rises 1.4 pct on Olympics-related and consumer loan firms
> Futures higher as concerns over Syria ease
> Prices little changed on weak data, Syria risk before holiday
> Yen on the backfoot as PMI cheers, Aussie eyes RBA
> Gold down as Syria concerns ease; silver up on China PMI
> Oil ekes gain, reversing early rout on easing Syria risk
> Palm oil lifted by healthy exports, demand hopes
MALAYSIA IN THE NEWS:
> Malaysia cuts fuel subsidies to boost economy, offers poor more help
> TEXT-Malaysia cuts fuel subsidies to address fiscal shortfall
> China sets tax on low-grade coal imports; Indonesia unaffected
> Malaysia's c.bank rejects BIMB's sukuk proposal for Bank Islam
> Denmark's Noma founder gives Nordic twist to Singapore food - Reuters
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