KUALA LUMPUR: Local equities tracked global markets higher as the US Federal Reserve maintained its interest rate and signaled that it may keep borrowing costs unchanged through 2020.
Although widely expected, Fed chairman Jerome Powell's announcement was well received amid investor tensions as the Dec 15 deadline for fresh US tariffs on Chinese goods drew closer.
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