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Malaysia's Najib delivers RM20b boost for stock market
by Cals Mon 14 Sep 2015, 15:35
Malaysia's Najib delivers RM20b boost for stock market
By Reuters / Reuters | September 14, 2015 : 1:45 PM MYTKUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday a government equity investment firm would be given 20 billion ringgit (US$4.6 billion) to shore up the country's stock market, and announced other measures to support its slowing economy.
Najib told a newsconference the equity investment firm, ValueCap, will invest in undervalued Malaysian companies.
He also announced that the factory sector would be exempted from import dutires until the economy recovers, but did not specify which sectors would be affected.
The ringgit currency has lost almost 19% of it value against the dollar so far this year, and Malaysia's stock market has retreated 8.95% this year.
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