Bursa rallies as optimism picks up over upcoming US inflation report


KUALA LUMPUR: Investors are on tenterhooks over the US January inflation report, which is due out later tonight, although a bullish rally on Wall Street suggests investors are optimistic over cooling prices.

At the start of trading, Malaysia's benchmark FBM KLCI was up 1.96 points to 1,477.13 as the buying sentiment built up towards the release of the inflation report.

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