SINGAPORE: A woman rode a bicycle with faulty rear brakes and ran into a 63-year-old pedestrian, who fell, hit her head on the ground, and subsequently died from a head injury.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended higher on Friday in line with most Asian markets, mirroring gains from Wall Street, where investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's substantial interest rate cut.
In the broader market, gainers outpaced decliners 732 to 468, while 465 counters were unchanged, 850 untraded and 32 suspended. Additionally, small- and mid-cap stocks in the manufacturing sector showed a rebound, positioning themselves to benefit from the continued rise in the US rate cut. Regionally, Japan's Nikkei 225 rallied 1.53 per cent to 37,723.91, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumped 1.36 per cent to 18,258.57, and Singapore's Straits Times Index eased 0.34 per cent to 3,620.78.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index gained 50.04 points to 12,538.75, the FBM Emas Shariah Index expanded by 33.39 points to 12,412.47, and the FBMT 100 Index added 43.40 points to 12,231.21. The Main Market volume was higher at 2.74 billion units worth RM5.72 billion, compared to Thursday's 2.16 billion units worth RM3.74 billion.
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