SC and Bursa say share trading to continue, no suspension
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The trading of shares will go on, said the Securities Commission (SC) and Bursa Malaysia in a joint statement today.
No reprieve for Bursa construction stocks as Malaysia imposes movement control order
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Bursa Malaysia’s construction index, which tracks share prices of builders listed on the exchange, settled down 13.
Cops to help trace 4,000 attendees of tabligh event who have yet to be tested
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The police have now been tasked with tracing the about 4,000 attendees of the tabligh event in Sri Petaling last month who have yet to be tested for COVID-19, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri revealed, Malaysiakini reported today.
China's state-owned bank donates 15,000 masks to M'sia
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): China Construction Bank (Malaysia) donated 15,000 masks to Malaysia as part of efforts to help contain the spread of COVID-19, Malaysiakini quoting the Chinese Embassy reported today.
Public Bank to provide special relief facility for SMEs, relief assistance for loans
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Public Bank Bhd will be providing a special relief facility for small and medium enterprise (SME) customers and a relief assistance programme for loan repayments.
Perak escaped COVID-19 patient fake news: MoH
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The Ministry of Health has denied viral news that claimed that a COVID-19 patient had escaped from the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Perak.
Report: COVID-19 positive man rides bus from Johor Bahru to Kuantan
PETALING JAYA (March 19): A man who was infected by COVID-19 has taken a bus from Johor Bahru to Kuantan, reported Free Malaysia Today.
Limited oil palm, rubber, logging activities to continue during MCO
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has underlined five operations that will continue as usual throughout the movement control order (MCO).
HLIB keeps ‘overweight’ on REITs, top picks Axis REIT and KLCCSS
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Hong Leong IB Research (HLIB) has maintained its “overweight” rating on the Malaysian real estate investment trust (REIT) sector and said it was revising its earnings forecasts for the sector with cuts ranging from -8.
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More than 10,000 Sri Petaling mosque event participants traced, with 513 having COVID-19, says Health DG
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): In the latest update of the COVID-19 situation, Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has revealed that more than 10,000 participants of the ‘tabligh’ event at the Sri Petaling mosque that took place from Feb 27 to March 1 have been checked.
