KUALA LUMPUR: As confidence the US central bank had ended its rate hikes faded, Asian markets eased away from recent highs to brace for what cold be further monetary tightening.
At midday, Malaysia's benchmark FBM KLCI more than erased the gains in made in the previous session, slumping 8.44 points to 1,454.96.
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