Shares and ringgit ease as investors sell ahead of Fed, BoJ decisions


As of 9.21am()121GMT), the domestic unit was lower at 3.9380/9460 against the greenback from last Friday's 3.9000/0100.

PETALING JAYA: Shares on Bursa Malaysia fell, erasing gains for the year, as investor sentiment on emerging market turned sour across the region ahead of the central bank meetings in the United States and Japan this week.

The ringgit weakened 0.55% to 3.929 against the US dollar.

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