<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡30日讯）财资市场收入增加推高非利息收入，马银行（Malayan Banking Bhd）第二季净利按年劲升45%。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>马银行今日公布，截至6月杪2023财政年次季净利达23亿4000万令吉，或每股19.40仙，相较于上财年同期的16亿1000万令吉，或每股13.44仙。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>次季营业额从102亿5000万令吉，涨至161亿3000万令吉。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>马银行宣布派发每股29仙的股息，派息率为75.9%，相当于35亿令吉，将于3个月内支付。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>休市时，马银行微扬0.22%或2仙，至9.11令吉，共254万股成交。</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：陈慧珊）</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><em>English version：</em><a href="https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/680754" target="_blank">Maybank's 2Q net profit jumps 45% to RM2.34b, declares 29 sen dividend</a></p></div>


（吉隆坡30日讯）财资市场收入增加推高非利息收入，马银行（Malayan Banking Bhd）第二季净利按年劲升45%。

次季净利劲升45% 马银行派息29仙

President-elect Donald Trump thrust himself into the high-stakes fight over the fate of TikTok in the US by urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban the social media platform if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company.

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban

After closing the books on a banner year for US stocks, investors expect to ride seasonal momentum into mid-January when a slew of economic data and a transition of power in Washington could send markets moving.

Trump's first actions and job data to test US market in January

US stocks wrapped up Christmas week on Friday with retracements of double-digit uptrends, and, alongside the dollar to a smaller degree, succumbed to profit taking in illiquid markets heading into the last weekend of 2024.

Stocks hit, dollar slips in illiquid year-end profit taking

Oil prices settled more than 1% higher on Friday and recorded a weekly gain in low trading volume ahead of year-end, buoyed by a larger-than-expected drawdown from US crude inventories last week.

Oil settles up over 1% on large draw from US crude stocks

Wall Street's holiday cheer ended abruptly on Friday, with all three main benchmarks closing lower in a broad-based sell-off affecting even tech and growth stocks that had driven markets higher through much of the shortened trading week.

Wall Street finishes down after sell-off at end of strong holiday-shortened week

SCGM Bhd's (KL:SCGM) substantial shareholders are to inject their agriculture-related business into the cash company in return for RM207.94 million worth of shares as part of the company's regularisation plan.

SCGM formalises injection of agriculture business, proposes 25 sen special dividend 

Here is a brief recap of the business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Friday.

ViTrox, Kim Loong Resources, Crescendo, JcbNext, OCB, Paragon Globe, Tropicana, Asia Poly, Nova MSC, PUC, SCGM

A mystery seller is asking US$200 million (RM893.43 million) for an empty waterfront lot next door to the properties Jeff Bezos bought in South Florida.

The roughly 1.84 acre lot (0.74 hectare) is located at Indian Creek, a man-made barrier island that’s been dubbed “Billionaire Bunker.” Ilya Reznik, who’s brokering the transaction, declined to identify the seller but said they are “willing to negotiate” on price.

Bezos’ Miami neighbour seeking US$200 mil for empty lot

Brazil’s annual inflation unexpectedly slowed in early December as energy costs dropped, giving central bankers limited relief as they pledge two more jumbo interest rate hikes by March.

Official data released on Friday showed consumer prices rose 4.71% from a year earlier, below the 4.83% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists and the prior reading of 4.77%.

Brazil’s annual inflation unexpectedly slows, giving central bank limited respite

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed the investment ministry and other authorities to work on development scenarios and measures that will enable the country to attain “double-digit” growth in gross domestic product next year.

Vietnam PM seeks steps for double-digit GDP growth next year

<p>Here is a brief recap of the business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Friday.</p>


<p>SCGM Bhd's (KL:SCGM) substantial shareholders are to inject their agriculture-related business into the cash company in return for RM207.94 million worth of shares as part of the company's regularisation plan.</p>


<p>Chinese national Huang YongKang has emerged as Asia Poly Holdings Bhd's (KL:ASIAPLY) second biggest shareholder after taking up the entire 95.85 million shares issued under a private placement.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The shares represent a 9.09% stake in the Klang-based cast acrylic sheets manufacturer.</p>


Asia Poly sees emergence of new substantial shareholder

<p>Wall Street's holiday cheer ended abruptly on Friday, with all three main benchmarks closing lower in a broad-based sell-off affecting even tech and growth stocks that had driven markets higher through much of the shortened trading week.</p>


<p>A mystery seller is asking US$200 million (RM893.43 million) for an empty waterfront lot next door to the properties Jeff Bezos bought in South Florida.</p>

<p>The roughly 1.84 acre lot (0.74 hectare) is located at Indian Creek, a man-made barrier island that’s been dubbed “Billionaire Bunker.” Ilya Reznik, who’s brokering the transaction, declined to identify the seller but said they are “willing to negotiate” on price.</p>


<p>Shell has shut down one of its oil processing units at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park on Singapore’s Pulau Bukom to facilitate an investigation into a suspected leak in the system.</p>


Shell shuts down oil processing unit at Singapore's Pulau Bukom to probe leak

<p>Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed the investment ministry and other authorities to work on development scenarios and measures that will enable the country to attain “double-digit” growth in gross domestic product next year.</p>


<p>A Norwegian shipping company on Friday rejected an accusation from Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, that it refused to rescue sailors from a sinking Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea.</p>


Norwegian shipping firm denies Moscow's claim it refused to help sinking Russian ship

<p>Brazil’s annual inflation unexpectedly slowed in early December as energy costs dropped, giving central bankers limited relief as they pledge two more jumbo interest rate hikes by March.</p>

<p>Official data released on Friday showed consumer prices rose 4.71% from a year earlier, below the 4.83% median estimate in a <em>Bloomberg </em>survey of economists and the prior reading of 4.77%.</p>


<p>OpenAI, founded a decade ago as a research organisation, is considering a change to the AI company’s structure that would create a more conventional money-making corporation alongside a non-profit arm.</p>


OpenAI mulls plan for more conventional for-profit business 

<p>Over 330 initial public offerings (IPOs), US$20 billion (RM89.34 billion) of proceeds and more than US$160 billion addition in country’s market value, sums up a bumper year for India that is set to further strengthen its position among top global destinations for capital raising.</p>
