KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The retail prices for RON97 and RON95 will remain unchanged at RM3.19 and RM2.05 per litre, respectively, from tomorrow to December 18.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra) sees electricity supply demand for data centres to increase to 20.9GW by 2040.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — Renewable energy (RE) set to be sold to Singapore from this month is the country’s currently unused surplus green electricity.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The classification of the T15 (top 15 per cent) income group for the RON95 subsidy rationalisation will be announced by the first quarter of 2025, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The ringgit started the day nearly flat against the US dollar today, as cautious sentiments around the economic outlook see some investors turning to safe-haven assets, according to an economist.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — Malaysia has successfully recorded total approved investments valued at RM254.7 billion from various economic sectors for the first nine months of this year, marking an increase of 10.7 per cent compared with RM230.2 billion for the same period in 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The ringgit closed a little lower against the greenback for the second consecutive day on Tuesday on caution amid ongoing uncertainties in the Middle East and ahead of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) report due tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — Juwai IQI expects foreigners to increase investments in the residential sector next year at a sustainable rate of no more than five per cent.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 10 — All economic sectors registered an increase in the mean monthly salaries and wages in 2023 compared to the previous year, with mining and quarrying topping the scale at RM5,623, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — Malaysia has lost the potential output of 5.3 million 10kg rice bags due to the ongoing floods, said Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup.

TAIPING, Dec 10 — The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is targeting a RM40 billion contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) from the landscape industry by 2035 through the National Landscape Policy (DLN) 2.0 launched today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The ringgit strengthened against the US dollar in early trade today on the back of improved buying sentiment for the domestic currency, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — The ringgit closed lower against the greenback on Monday as strong US nonfarm payrolls (NFP) data and the fall of the government in Syria spurred buying of the safe haven US dollar.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 9 — The first Malaysia-Singapore renewable energy trade, with a capacity of 50MW, will begin this month, said the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — Local institutions continued to be Bursa Malaysia's primary supporters, with net buying skyrocketing nearly fivefold to RM1.06 billion last week from RM207.7 million recorded in the week before.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — Bursa Malaysia stayed lower at mid-morning, weighed down by selling pressures in selected heavyweights, mainly the utilities sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — The ringgit was slightly higher in early trade today as the US dollar trended up modestly after the release of mixed US labour data for November.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 —The ringgit is expected to stay in rangebound trade between RM4.42 and RM4.43 against the United States (US) dollar next week on caution ahead of more data from the US.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given MyDigital ID and Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) a mid-December deadline to tackle delays in the implementation of the MyDigital ID and the second 5G network.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — The ringgit ended the week positively, extending gains against the American dollar for the third straight session today, ahead of the closely watched United States payrolls data later tonight.