Malaysia-Market factors to watch June 11

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Reuters) - Following is a list of
events in Malaysia as well as news stories and press reports
which may influence financial markets.

(Reuters News welcomes your feedback and for any queries
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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)

- Reuters interview with Malaysia's third-largest oil and
gas services provider Wah Seong (WAHE.KL) at 10am (0200).

- Former premier Mahathir Mohamad attends the launch of new
Sapuracrest Petroleum vehicle at the 14th Asia Oil& Gas
Conference, 2pm (0600).

MARKET SNAPSHOTS
* Malaysia's benchmark stock index ended 11.18 points or 1
percent higher at 1,082.97 points on Wednesday, helped by gains
in financial and oil-related stocks.[.KLSE]
* U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday on worries that rising
interest rates could put a damper on consumer and business
spending, but stocks pared losses late in the session to finish
off the day's lows.[.N]
* Oil prices surged to a seven-month high near $72 a barrel on
Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed a slowdown in
crude imports eating away at inventories in the world's top
energy user.[O/R]
* For global market news, click on [MKTS/GLOB]
* Malaysian palm oil futures rose 1.5 percent on Wednesday, as
a rally on crude oil, soybean and equity markets outweighed
bearish data on palm oil exports and stocks, traders
said.[POI/]
* To see Malaysian central bank regular money market tenders
issued at around 0930 local please click on the following link
here
* To see the top Islamic finance stories from Malaysia and
elsewhere click on [ID:nISLAMIC]
FOR MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS CLICK ON [ID:nKLR417676]
FOR REALTIME MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS, HIT ECONMY
KEY GLOBAL ECONOMIC NEWS, SEE [TOP/MACRO]
TOP NEWS ON ASIAN COMPANIES [TOP/EQA]
FOR ECONOMIC FX RELATED NEWS HIT [FXNEWS]
FOR WHAT INVESTORS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEALS [DEALTALK/]
STOCKS - BUY OR SELL? [BUYSELL/] -----------------------MARKET
SNAPSHOT @ 2303GMT-------------

INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG

S&P 500 .SPX 939.15 -0.35% -3.280

USD/JPY JPY= 98.16 -0.05% -0.050

10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR 3.948 -- 0.000

SPOT GOLD XAU= $954.75 0.12% 1.100

US CRUDE CLc1 $71.39 0.08% 0.060

DOW JONES .DJI 8739.02 -0.27% -24.04

ASIA ADRS .BKAS 113.69 0.85% 0.96
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IN THE NEWS REUTERS MALAYSIA (Click on [MY-RTRS]) >Malaysia's
Genting pays $100 mln for MGM stake[ID:nKLR218411] >Facing heat
in Vegas, casinos bet on Macau deals[ID:nHKG21365] >Kenanga
sees cross-border M&As on the rise [ID:nKLR419058] >Malaysia's
factory output fall slows in April[ID:nKLR346174] >Malaysia's
May palm stocks up 5.72 percent [ID:nKLR108341] >Jakarta sharia
banking tax bill debate near end[ID:nKLR437331] >Malaysia picks
anti-graft head for port project[ID:nSP416356]
ASIA MARKETS NEWS -Asian stocks are set for an uncertain start
on Thursday as a rise in market interest rates rekindled global
economic worries and knocked investor sentiment. [STXNEWS/AS] -
Emerging assets rallied on Wednesday, boosted by positive news
on U.S. banks and higher oil, and the lat hit a fresh 4-month
high against the euro on growing expectations Latvia will stave
off devaluation.[EMRG/FRX] - Singapore led other Southeast
Asian stock markets higher on Wednesday, with Singapore's
CapitaLand, Malaysia's Malayan Banking, Indonesia's Indocement
and Thailand's PTT among the region's outperformers.[.SO]

(Reporting by Kuala Lumpur Newsroom)