Markets hit by geopolitical woes, KLCI falls to fresh four year low


KUALA LUMPUR: Geopolitical worries ranging from the proposed impeachment of the US President, US-China trade war and Brexit pushed world stocks into the red on Wednesday with the FBM KLCI also not spared the fallout.

At 5pm, the KLCI was down 2.75 points or 0.17% to 1,589.58 – the lowest since August 2015. The recent low of 1,589.82 was on Aug 28 this year.

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