KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed almost flat on Tuesday as buying interest rotated away from index heavyweights towards smaller-cap construction stocks, with sentiment affected by geopolitical uncertainty, said an analyst. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 0.39 of a point to 1,714.40 from Monday’s close of 1,714.79. The benchmark index opened 1.65 points lower at 1,713.14 and moved between 1,710.44 and 1,714.50 throughout the trading session. The broader market was almost evenly balanced, with decliners leading gainers 548 to 546, while 598 counters were unchanged, 1,107 were untraded and 25 were suspended. Turnover expanded to 4.13 billion units valued at RM3.14 billion from 3.60 billion units valued at RM2.45 billion on Monday.
Key Growth Strategy Eco World Development Group Bhd (KL:ECOWLD) aims to increase recurring income from 20% to 30% of total revenue within the next three to five years , according to President and CEO Datuk Chang Khim Wah . Growth will be driven by five key business pillars : Eco Hubs (commercial spaces) Eco Business Parks (green industrial parks) Quantum (data centres) Eco Townships (landed residential homes) Eco Rise (high-rise developments) Quantum, which focuses on large-scale data centre-related land leases, is one of the group's fastest-growing segments . Expansion in Data Centre Leasing EcoWorld has secured four industrial land lease deals worth RM1.59 billion since August 2024 with global tech giants Microsoft and Google . The latest deal, announced Tuesday, involves a 20-year, RM266.1 million triple-net lease with Google's affiliate, Pearl Computing Malaysia Sdn Bhd, for 92 acres of land . Despite its data-centre expansion, EcoWorld emphasized...