KUALA LUMPUR: Key Asian and Malaysia’s stock market got off on a firmer note early Friday after the strong overnight close on Wall Street but the gains could be constrained as the US stock futures and the dollar fell after reports that a New York doctor was tested positive for the Ebola virus.
At 9.03am, the FBM KLCI was up 1.3 points or 0.07% to 1,811.98, powered by Petronas Gas and plantations, but Tenaga Nasional came under profit taking.
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