<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Below is a summary of how key Bursa Malaysia indices and the ringgit performed on Friday:</div>

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Below is a summary of how key Bursa Malaysia indices and the ringgit performed on Friday

FBM KLCI edges up 0.46% to 1,608.45 on Oct 9, 2026

The government will increase total loan facilities and financing guarantees to RM57 billion in 2027, from RM50 billion this year, to support businesses and strengthen access to financing.

Budget 2027: Loan facilities, financing guarantees for businesses raised to RM57 bil

Putrajaya is tapping into government-linked entities to lift its Budget 207 expenditure by RM50.2 billion to a total of RM510 billion, with half of this coming from government-linked investment companies meant to improve domestic economic resilience, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

Putrajaya taps govt-linked entities to lift Budget 2027 spend to RM510b

Mobile payments firm Airtel Money made a tepid debut on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Friday after completing what may be the bourse’s largest initial public offering (IPO) in five years.

Airtel Money shares slip in debut after biggest London IPO in five years

Micro, small and medium enterprises will get a one-percentage-point reduction in income tax rates next year to cope with rising costs of doing business.

SME income tax rates cut by one percentage-point

Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust (Hektar REIT) has terminated its proposed RM26 million acquisition of a 90% stake in Terramark Sdn Bhd, citing the sellers’ failure to fulfil several key conditions precedent.

Hektar REIT aborts RM26m deal for Perlis land for solar farm project

Malaysia will raise the minimum wage to RM2,000 per month in June 2027, from RM1,700 currently.

Minimum wage goes up to RM2,000 from June 2027, MSMEs with below RM50m revenue exempted

The government will table an E-Commerce Bill to regulate foreign e-commerce platforms operating in Malaysia.

Budget 2027: Govt to table E-Commerce Bill to regulate cross-border online trade 

Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war triggered by the US-Iran conflict.

The strikes, which also injured several people, damaged a Saudia Airlines plane and sent smoke billowing over the airport, led many airlines to cancel flights to the Saudi capital days before it is due to host a major meeting of global oil chiefs.

Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three Saudis as war escalates

Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd (KL:AZRB) has reached an amicable settlement with AmBank (M) Bhd and AmBank Islamic Bhd over a combined RM69.3 million in outstanding payments owed by its wholly owned subsidiary Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd (AZSB).

Ahmad Zaki Resources settles RM69 mil debt claims with AmBank lenders

Follow our live coverage of Budget 2027 as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim tables it.

Highlights of Budget 2027

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Klang member of Parliament (MP) V Ganabatirau has filed a defamation suit at the High Court here against independent preacher and activist Firdaus Wong over social media postings questioning the lawmaker's loyalty to the country.

Klang MP Ganabatirau sues Firdaus Wong over social media posts questioning his loyalty to Malaysia

The government on Thursday has announced key individual tax reforms aimed at reducing the cost of living for the middle 40% of earners (M40).&nbsp;

Income tax relief level raised to RM12,000, tax rate cuts to put RM1,600 into pockets of people 

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): A former company director of a property development company has been charged with criminal breach of trust (CBT) for transferring RM100,000 of company funds to himself for a non-existent "director fee".

Former property development company director charged with CBT for transferring RM100k to himself for non-existing 'director fee'

首相拿督斯里安华提呈2027年财政预算案重点摘要：

2027年财政预算案重点摘要

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Dagang NeXchange Bhd (KL:DNEX) could see renewed investor interest after settling its long-running legal dispute over semiconductor subsidiary SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd, removing a major uncertainty that has weighed on the stock, according to TA Securities.

DNeX's SilTerra legal settlement clears path for growth, says TA Securities

Oriental Kopi Holdings Bhd (KL:KOPI) could see its share price rise by more than 50%, according to CGS International Securities (CGSI), which expects the cafe operator's expansion and growing packaged food business to drive stronger earnings over the next few years.

CGSI sees over 50% upside for Oriental Kopi on expansion, earnings growth

Malaysia is expected to spend 82% of its forecasted record RM459.84 billion budget on operating expenditure (opex) in 2027, leaving RM83 billion, or 18%, for development expenditure (devex).

Budget 2027 expected to hit record RM459.84b, 82% for operating expenditure

Oil declined after President Donald Trump said the US would not attack Iran before November’s midterm elections, signalling a period of more than three weeks for no offensive military action against Tehran.

Oil retreats as Trump rules out attacks on Iran before US midterms

Malaysia is proposing a full stamp duty exemption on loan agreements and instruments of transfer for the purchase of first&nbsp;homes priced up to RM500,000.

Govt proposes full stamp duty exemption for first homes priced up to RM500,000

World stocks edged up on Friday and oil prices slipped after US President Donald Trump said the US would not attack Iran before next month's midterm elections, easing some near-term concerns about energy supplies.

Oil eases, bringing some respite to stocks and battered bonds

Despite raising the minimum wage and the economy's recovery since the pandemic, wage progression remains weak beyond the minimum wage floor, according to the Economic Outlook 2027 report. 
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Minimum wage lifts the floor, but Malaysia's 'missing middle' remains

The worsening haze in Malaysia could disrupt manufacturing operations, affect worker attendance and drive up business costs, according to the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing (FMM).

Haze threatens manufacturing productivity, raises business costs — FMM

Unisem (M) Bhd (KL:UNISEM) and its subsidiary plans to invest RM396 million to expand its semiconductor manufacturing plant in Gopeng, Perak, as the group seeks to capture growing demand for advanced chip packaging used in artificial intelligence (AI) and data centres..

Unisem plans RM396 mil second phase of Gopeng plant expansion

A selloff in chipmakers weighed on stocks as speculation around OpenAI’s revenue revived worries that the artificial-intelligence spending spree is becoming harder to justify.

S&P 500 falls as reports on OpenAI sink chipmakers

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Malaysia's fiscal deficit is projected to narrow to 3.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2027, even as the actual shortfall remains elevated at RM77.5 billion.

Malaysia's fiscal deficit to narrow to 3.3% in 2027, but shortfall remains above RM77 bil

PMB Technology Bhd (KL:PMBTECH), a 58.78%-owned subsidiary of Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd (KL:PMETAL), plans to invest RM650 million to build a silicon-aluminium (Si-Al) alloy plant in Sarawak as the group seeks to diversify away from a struggling silicon metal business.

PMB Technology plans RM650 mil silicon-aluminium alloy plant in Sarawak

Singapore’s Formula 1 race will go ahead this weekend despite haze from Indonesian wildfires that has choked the city for weeks, pushing it to the top of the global rankings for air pollution. 
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F1 says Singapore race will go ahead despite Indonesia haze

The federal government expects the dividend from Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PETRONAS) to rise to RM32 billion in 2027, according to the Finance Ministry's Fiscal Outlook and Federal Government Revenue Estimates Report.

RM32 bil PETRONAS dividend expected in 2027, matching 2024, 2025 payouts

BENGALURU (Oct 8): OpenAI has told investors its annualised revenue for September was almost US$50 billion, a drop from what it signaled earlier, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.