KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia's key index closed at an intraday high today, supported by continued buying interest even as renewed geopolitical tensions and a weaker overnight lead from Wall Street following the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) decision to stand pat on interest rates weighed on broader sentiment. The Fed has decided to hold rates steady for the fifth consecutive meeting, with the Federal Funds Rate unchanged between 3.50 per cent and 3.75 per cent. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 4.84 points to 1,720.40 from yesterday’s close of 1,715.56. The benchmark index, which opened 1.14 points lower at 1,714.42, hit its lowest level of 1,710.69 in early trade before gaining momentum for the rest of the day. However, the broader market was negative with losers outpacing gainers 581 to 411, while 612 counters were unchanged, 1,173 untraded, and 87 suspended. Turnover declined to 2.49 billion units valued at RM2.25 billion from ...
A forex report by AmBank said that it expects the USD/MYR to trade a tighter range of 3.968 to 4.078 on shorter trading days due to Hari Raya holidays, gridlock formation in oil prices and depreciation pressure on CNY.
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Last week, USD/MYR broke key supports of 50- and 100-day MA to close below 4.00 level.
It was impressive follow a rather downtrend after the Brexit but the pair has rebounded strongly after that. The currency pair was the second best performing currency with a 2.30% gain against US dollar due to declining 1-month volatility, reduced expectation of higher US
rates and declining cross SGD/MYR below psychological level of 3.00.
This week, we envisage the pair to trade in a tighter range of 3.968 to 4.078 on shorter
trading days due to Hari Raya holidays, gridlock formation in oil prices and depreciation pressure on CNY.
Chart wise, RSI continued to head south, and along with widening MACD gap, it suggests that the currency pair is likely to be range bound trading. Uptick in 50- day MA crossing above 100-day MA at 4.0456 points to a possibility that the USD/MYR to trade on strengthening bias.
(Source: AmBank FX Weekly report)
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