KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher, buoyed by Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) decision to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent, alongside positive cues from Wall Street. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 19.30 points, or 1.19 per cent, to 1,635.86 from Wednesday’s close of 1,616.56. The benchmark index opened 6.72 points higher at 1,623.28, and fluctuated between an intraday high of 1,642.44 and a low of 1,622.62 during the trading session. However, market breadth was negative, with losers outnumbering gainers 723 to 497, while 466 counters were unchanged, 1,075 untraded and 10 suspended. Turnover rose to 3.74 billion units valued at RM3.61 billion compared with yesterday’s 2.81 billion units valued at RM2.57 billion.
Hackers targeted several Taiwanese financial platforms, including the Taiwan Stock Exchange and Mega Financial Holding Co, in a coordinated cyberattack on Thursday. The attack, which briefly disrupted the websites of these entities, was described by local media as an attack by foreign agents. The attackers employed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which overwhelmed the targeted websites with web traffic, causing unstable connections. According to the Ministry of Digital Affairs, the Taiwan Stock Exchange detected unusually high web query volumes originating from overseas internet-protocol addresses. The exchange managed to restore normal operations within a half-hour of the attack. Local media outlet Liberty Times reported that a Russian group claimed responsibility for the attack on Telegram, citing an analysis by cybersecurity researchers at Radware. However, the Ministry of Digital Affairs did not confirm the origins of the assault and maintained that it will continue ...