KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI was range-bound on Friday as investors took a breather from the week's rally and digested the deluge of war-related headlines from the Middle East. The benchmark was up just 0.61 points to 1,723.25, having put on about 1.6% over the course of the week as AI-related tech earnings drove up global sentiment. The sentiment has since subsided, going by the profit-taking in regional markets. South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.5% to 6,444 after having breached the 6,500 mark to hit record trading highs on Thursday. In China, the Shanghai Composite index shed 0.58% to 4,069 and the CSI300 slid 0.85% to 4,745. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.2% to 26,862. ... Full Article on TheStar
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