<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p data-qa-component="item-headline" data-rc-highlight="headline">BEIJING (Nov 4): Banks' applications for a People's Bank of China (PBOC) stock-purchase loan scheme has exceeded 200 billion yuan (US$30.0 billion), the central bank said on Wednesday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The PBOC has intensified the implementation of share buyback and increased re-lending policies to maintain stable capital market operations, it said.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The interest rate on re-lending for share buybacks and share acquisitions will be reduced by 0.25 percentage points to 1% from Wednesday, the bank said.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"Banks may add a reasonable spread to the re-lending rate to determine the term and interest rate of the stock repurchase and share acquisition loans," the PBOC said, so as to accelerate loan disbursement and enhance market capitalisation of listed companies and their major shareholders.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The PBOC and financial and securities regulators had convened major banks on Monday to discuss optimising the re-lending policy.</p></div>

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BEIJING (Nov 4): Banks' applications for a People's Bank of China (PBOC) stock-purchase loan scheme has exceeded 200 billion yuan (US$30.0 billion), the central bank said on Wednesday.

China stock-buying loan applications hit US$30 bil

HSBC Holdings Plc is working on two significant risk transfer deals to hedge around US$7 billion (RM28.6 billion) of large corporate loans in the US and Asia.

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Poundland is seeking more time in its battle to avoid insolvency, via a fresh legal filing on Thursday that will come as a reprieve for thousands of workers at the British discount retailer.

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Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim joined the coalition’s campaign trail in Melaka on Thursday as campaigning intensified ahead of Saturday’s state election.

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Gold fell for a third day, extending its decline below US$4,000 (RM16,281) an ounce after persistent US inflation and hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve officials reinforced expectations for a series of interest-rate hikes.

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Mongolia on Thursday asked Malaysia to ensure that a civil action brought by the family of murdered Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu is heard fairly and free of political interference.

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PIE Industrial Bhd's earnings jumped in the third quarter on improved factory utilisation and cost controls within its electronics manufacturing services (EMS) segment.

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Bitcoin retreated on Thursday as renewed unease over technology stocks weighed on risk appetite, with persistent withdrawals from US spot exchange-traded funds adding to the pressure.

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Merck KGaA raised its outlook for a third time, helped by the strength of its lab-equipment division and a better-than-expected performance of its multiple sclerosis drug, which is facing generic competition.

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Fresh turbulence hit global stocks on Thursday as a spy scandal threatened to oust chip giant Nvidia’s CEO, while US Treasury yields touched 5% again and the dollar reached a 19-month high on firming US rate rise bets.

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<p>The conditional pardon order placing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak under house arrest contains four conditions imposed by the Pardons Board, alongside additional supervision and control requirements set by the Prisons Department, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.</p>


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<p>AmanahRaya Investment Management Sdn Bhd (ARIM) has decided to write off the entire value of sukuk issued by Zetrix Al Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) held by four of its funds.</p>


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<p>We refer to the return of Datuk Seri Najib Razak to his house on Tuesday night to serve the sentence of house arrest, following the conditional pardon granted on Sept 18, 2026.&nbsp;</p>


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<p>MSCI maintained the constituents of its main country index for Malaysia while deleting seven stocks from its small-cap index following its latest review.</p>


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<p>Malaysia Airlines Bhd said delayed aircraft deliveries plaguing the industry are threatening the carrier’s expansion plans.&nbsp;<br />
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<p>Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s pension payments have been suspended, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said on Thursday.</p>


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<p>Property developer Avaland Bhd (KL:AVALAND) has secured Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd, Maplewood International School and San Francisco Coffee as new commercial partners for its Meria Commercial Hub in Cybersouth, Selangor.</p>


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<p>Thailand’s tourism recovery is losing momentum, with foreign arrivals headed for their first back-to-back annual decline outside the pandemic since at least 1995.</p>


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