Amid carnage in markets, stockbroker wants Bursa to suspend trading


Azman Manaf, Chairman, Association of Stockbroking Companies of Malaysia, said in his personal capacity the stockmarket should suspend trading.

KUALA LUMPUR: Amid the carnage in the global equities including Malaysia due to the Covid-19 and oil price shock, a stockbroker in Malaysia urged Bursa Malaysia Securities to halt trading immediately.

Datuk Dr Azman Manaf, who is also the chairman of Association of Stockbroking Companies of Malaysia, had on Thursday called for the suspension in line with the recent Movement Control Order declared by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

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