MARKET PULSE AM SEPT 24, 2026 [WATCH]
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened lower on Thursday, tracking weaker Wall Street performance amid rising US Treasury yields and hawkish remarks from US Federal Reserve officials.
The index opened 1.98 points lower at 1,674.45.
Market sentiment remains cautious due to fresh concerns over the latest purchasing price index, which came in hotter than expected, prompting expectations of more rate hikes ahead.
In the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin saw a downtrend, trading at RM344,400.
Following the trend, Ethereum fell to RM10,960, while Solana traded at RM470.
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.