Short sellers swarm one of pandemic’s hottest trades in Asia

MALAYSIA's medical glove makers, one of the hottest pandemic trades, have seen bearish bets surge since the Southeast Asian nation lifted a ban on the practice at the start of this year.

Trading ideas: VS Industry, Bintai Kinden, Sentoria, APFT

KUALA LUMPUR: VS Industry, Bintai Kinden, Sentoria and APFT are among the stocks to watch on Monday after their corporate announcements last week, JF Apex Research says.

All 4 big glove stocks offer plenty of upside: Kenanga

KUALA LUMPUR: Kenanga Investment Bank Research is retaining its outperform calls on the top four glove makers – Top Glove, Hartalega, Kossan and Supermax -- as fundamentally, they offer plenty of upside.

Bursa Malaysia to move cautiously higher next week; to stay above 1,600-level

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Bernama): The local stock market is expected to trend higher next week amid cautious market sentiment, with the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) likely to stay above the 1,600-level.

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Treasury Pulse - Forex, Treasuries, Bonds, ringgit

THE dollar started the year on a softer footing, continuing its depreciation trend from 2020 and briefly touching a 32-month low.

Market Trend - Volatile trading pushes KLCI higher

KLCI surges 30pts, glove makers jump on record Covid-19 cases

KUALA LUMPUR: Glove makers were back in play on Friday as the record number of Covid-19 cases both in Malaysian and overseas saw investors piling into glove stocks.

KLCI retraces some losses from mid-morning

KUALA LUMPUR: A mid-morning rebound erased some of the FBM KLCI's losses from earlier in the day as investors picked up on oversold counters.KLCI retraces some losses from mid-morning

Another record year for Pershing Square

NEW YORK: Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management reported its second-consecutive record performance in 2020 by returning more than 70% on its investments.