KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia showed further signs of weakness on Thursday, defying hopes for a rebound after the US announced it had detected its first case of the Omicron virus within its borders.
Wall Street indices, which had attempted an intra-day rebound made a major reversal to end sharply in the red. The Dow Jones was down 1.3%, S&P 500 fell 1.2% and Nasdaq slid 1.8%, marking a second day of an equities rout.
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