<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡15日讯）百盛纳（Pesona Metro Holdings Bhd）获得MCT Bhd子公司一项总值2亿3845万令吉的合约，在赛城兴建3栋公寓以及提供机电工程，刺激该股今早交投活络，股价上扬13.04%。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>截至早上9点28分，该股起3仙，至26仙，约1321万股易手。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>百盛纳子公司Pesona Metro私人有限公司昨日获得MCT子公司Lakefront Residence私人有限公司的决标信。Lakefront是项目发展商。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>该项目包括兴建两栋862个单位及第三栋449个单位的公寓，预计将在27个月内完成。</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：魏素雯）</p></div>


（吉隆坡15日讯）百盛纳（Pesona Metro Holdings Bhd）获得MCT Bhd子公司一项总值2亿3845万令吉的合约，在赛城兴建3栋公寓以及提供机电工程，刺激该股今早交投活络，股价上扬13.04%。

截至早上9点28分，该股起3仙，至26仙，约1321万股易手。

百盛纳子公司Pesona Metro私人有限公司昨日获得MCT子公司Lakefront Residence私人有限公司的决标信。Lakefront是项目发展商。

该项目包括兴建两栋862个单位及第三栋449个单位的公寓，预计将在27个月内完成。...

子公司获2.38亿合约 提振百盛纳价量齐升

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RHB Bank, Malaysia’s fourth-largest bank by assets, said on Thursday it views sustainable financing as presenting more opportunities than challenges, rather than affecting its overall profit from financing activities.

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theedgemarkets.com highlighted seven stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia's noon break on Thursday. Four stocks displayed negative momentum, while three stocks displayed positive momentum.

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The Malaysian Bar's challenge against Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) in his criminal trial is not academic.

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Sin-Kung Logistics Bhd has started taking orders from investors for its initial public offering (IPO) that may raise up to RM39.5 million ahead of its listing on Bursa Malaysia’s ACE Market.

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AmanahRaya Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), which mainly manages commercial properties, is aiming to achieve a portfolio occupancy rate of at least 90% by the financial year ending Dec 31, 2025 (FY2025).

AmanahRaya REIT aims to raise occupancy rate to 90% by end-2025

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will develop an in-house derivatives platform that will offer 24-hour trading and new products as it aims to boost its standing as a financial hub, the bourse operator said on Thursday.

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WHILE Malaysia-listed companies were seen to be improving their balance sheet position in 2023, the number of perpetual bond issuances rose during the year, data compiled by The Edge show.

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Axiata Group Bhd, Malaysia’s largest telecommunications company by revenue, and India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd signed a definitive agreement on Thursday to combine their Sri Lankan operations.

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<p>Shares of PIE Industrial Bhd extended its rally to a new all-time high on Thursday, after Kenanga Investment Bank flagged that the electronic services firm has secured a new client that will take up the entirety of its largest facility.</p>


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<p>The Malaysian aviation industry may be badly impacted on passenger traffic and spikes in jet fuel prices if a full-blown war results from escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, according to Maybank Investment Bank Research (Maybank IB).</p>


Malaysia's aviation industry at risk amid full-blown crisis in Middle East — Maybank IB

<p>The race for the “world’s best airport” crown has been a two-horse affair in recent years, with Doha’s Hamad International and Singapore Changi leading the pack.</p>


Singapore loses ‘world’s best airport’ crown to Qatar

<p>Alphabet Inc’s Google has put more than two dozen employees on immediate administrative leave after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a US$1.2 billion (RM5.7 billion) joint contract with Amazon.com Inc to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services.</p>


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<p>Feytech Holdings Berhad (Feytech) has entered into an underwriting agreement with TA Securities Holdings Berhad and AmInvestment Bank Berhad (joint underwriters) for the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.</p>


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<p>Apple Inc chief executive officer Tim Cook will meet Singapore’s leader at the tail end of his most extensive Southeast Asia tour in years, searching for new growth markets and manufacturing locations to offset headwinds in China.</p>


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<p>Several Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia flights between Sabah, Sarawak, and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) were cancelled on Thursday due to volcanic eruption at Mount Ruang, Indonesia.</p>


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<p>Gold prices may correct amid potential delay in the anticipated rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, Philip Capital warned on Thursday and advised investors to stop buying Malaysia’s sole gold exchange-traded fund (ETF).</p>


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<p>President Joe Biden called China “xenophobic” while highlighting the Asian nation’s economic woes, as he sought to make the case for US economic strength during a campaign stop in the swing state of Pennsylvania.</p>


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<p>Sin-Kung Logistics Bhd has started taking orders from investors for its initial public offering (IPO) that may raise up to RM39.5 million ahead of its listing on Bursa Malaysia’s ACE Market.</p>


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<p>Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB) research said Cloudpoint Technology Bhd is well positioned to capitalise the burgeoning demand for cyber security solutions post-passage of the cyber security bill which was passed in Dewan Rakyat on April 3.</p>


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<p>Asian stocks crept higher in a mixed session on Thursday, while the dollar took a breather and bond markets steadied as investors stepped back to assess the interest rate outlook.</p>


Asian stocks mixed as soaring dollar pauses

<p>Alphabet-owned Google&nbsp;is laying off an unspecified number of employees, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday, marking the latest cuts at the technology giant as it cracks down on costs.</p>


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<p>Bursa Malaysia turned mixed at the midday break on Thursday with the key index ending the morning session in positive territory, in tandem with regional markets, said a dealer.&nbsp;</p>


Bursa mixed at midday break, key index up

<p>The stock market saw its longest losing streak since January as a handful of big techs sold off — despite a slide in bond yields.</p>


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Smart Asia Chemical inks underwriting agreement with Mercury Securities en route to ACE Market IPO

<p>Axiata Group Bhd, Malaysia’s largest telecommunications company by revenue, and India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd signed a definitive agreement on Thursday to combine their Sri Lankan operations.</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): Food and supplement company OB Holdings Bhd said on Thursday that it has secured approval from Bursa Malaysia for an initial public offering (IPO) on the bourse’s ACE Market, to raise funds for expansion.</p>


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