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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MALAYSIA, ALL TIMES LOCAL FOLLOWED BY GMT: (The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will cover the event)
- Celcom Axiata introduces international prepaid starter pack at Menara Celcom at 1000am (0200).
- Nikon Malaysia launches its first South East Asia Nikon Centre in Malaysia at Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur at 1030am (0230).
- Dominant Muslim organisations will hold protests across the capital of Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere in Malaysia after Friday prayers at 1400pm (0600) against a court decision allowing a Catholic newspaper to use the word 'Allah' for the Christian God in its Malay language editions.
MARKET SNAPSHOTS
* Malaysia's benchmark index eased 0.1 percent on Thursday, ending four days of gains, due to declines in the country's largest power firm Tenaga Nasional and gaming group Genting.
* The Dow and the S&P 500 rose on Thursday after Bank of America and General Electric rallied on positive broker comments, but investors were cautious a day before the release of key monthly non-farm payrolls data.
* Oil fell from 15-month highs to below $83 a barrel on Thursday on the stronger dollar and as signs of tighter monetary policy in China sparked concerns about demand in the world's second largest energy consumer.
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* Malaysian crude palm oil futures fell 2.7 percent to one-week lows on Thursday as China's move to tighten liquidity triggered profit-taking in global vegetable oil markets.
* To see Malaysian central bank regular money market tenders issued at around 0930 local please click on the following link https://fast.bnm.gov.my/fastweb/public/MainPage.do?mode=MAIN
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INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG
S&P 500 1141.69 0.4% 4.550
USD/JPY 93.51 0.26% 0.240
10-YR US TSY YLD 3.8274 -
0.000
SPOT GOLD 1127.9 -0.31% -3.500
US CRUDE 82.76 0.12% 0.090
DOW JONES 10606.86 0.31% 33.18
ASIA ADRS 131.39 -0.86% -1.14
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IN THE NEWS REUTERS MALAYSIA (Click on)
> Malaysia Nov exports fall; strong rebound eyed
> Malaysia's Supermax sees strong glove demand
> EON Cap appoints Goldman Sachs for review
> KNM wins 143 mln rgt Thai bioethanol plant job
> China, ASEAN trade deal lowers commodity tariff
> Malaysia's December palm oil stocks seen unchanged
> Ingress gets 6-mth extension for sukuk
> Malaysia church torched amid Allah row
ASIA MARKETS NEWS - For an outlook of Asian stock trading, click on - The South Korean won fell alongside most Asian currencies in offshore markets on Thursday as investors booked in profits ahead of crucial U.S. job data. - Most Southeast Asian stock markets ended lower on Thursday, with Singapore's index heavyweights surrendering recent gains, but the Manila index gained thanks to a rise in Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
(Reporting by Kuala Lumpur Newsroom)
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