Malaysia-Market factors to watch June 18

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (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)

- International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed
to launch Europe Meets Asia: EU-Asia Invest Project Business
Matching at 9.00am (0100).

- RHB Capital (RHBC.KL) media conference after its
shareholders meeting at 10.30am (0230).

- Malaysia releases April manufacturing sales data at
12.00pm (0400).

- Tanjung Offshore (TJGO.KL) unit signs Islamic finance
lease deal with Standard Chartered Bank at 2.00pm (0600).

MARKET SNAPSHOTS
* Malaysian shares closed down 0.3 percent at 1,070.90 points
on Wednesday in line with mostly lower regional markets as
investors turned cautious about the pace of the region's
economic recovery. [.KLSE]
* Malaysia's benchmark stock index .KLSE will be well
supported at the 1,062-1,068 points level ahead of the
government's announcement of more liberalisation measures later
this month, said a bank-backed brokerage.
* Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to announce moves to
boost foreign investments at the annual Invest Malaysia
conference on June 30.
* Technology shares buoyed the Nasdaq on Wednesday after
positive broker comments on Qualcomm, but financial shares'
losses held back the Dow and the S&P 500. [.N]
* Oil rose on Wednesday, supported by government data showing
a drop in U.S. crude supplies, gains in the stock market and a
weaker dollar. [O/R]
* For global market news, click on [MKTS/GLOB]
* Malaysian palm futures dropped 1 percent on Wednesday,
moving towards the previous day's 2-month low as demand
concerns resurfaced in the market. [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:nKLR363249]
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 @ 2328 GMT-------------

INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG
S&P 500 .SPX 910.71 -0.14% -1.260
USD/JPY JPY= 95.79 0.14% 0.130
10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR 3.6862 -- 0.000
SPOT GOLD XAU= 941.3 0.31% 2.900
US CRUDE CLc1 71.14 0.15% 0.110
DOW JONES .DJI 8497.18 -0.09% -7.49
ASIA ADRS .BKAS 107.98 0.23% 0.25
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IN THE NEWS REUTERS MALAYSIA (Click on [MY-RTRS]) > Santos
agrees to sell Australia LNG to Petronas [ID:nSYU006717] >
Malaysia UEM says land deal with Damac lapsed [ID:nWNAS6803]
> Malaysia's Axiata expects forex gain
[ID:nSP316328] > Tanjung to sign $46 mln Islamic lease deal
[ID:nKLR147389] > Malaysia May inflation slows to 2.4 pct
on-year [ID:nKLA008299] > Malaysia's Anwar "better prepared"
for trial [ID:nKLR474319]
ASIA MARKETS NEWS - Asian stocks are set for a shaky start on
Thursday, with financial stocks likely to be under pressure
after losses in the U.S. and Europe. [STXNEWS/AS] - The
Indonesian rupiah faltered on Wednesday as investors took
profits from a recent rally in local stocks and bonds, but the
Singapore dollar bucked the general Asian weakness supported on
stronger-than-expected exports data. [EMRG/FRX] - Southeast
Asian stock markets fell on Wednesday as investors took profits
from a recent rally in financial and telecom shares, with
Singapore's DBS, Malaysia's Axiata and Indonesia's Bank Central
Asia among losers. [.SO]
(Reporting by Kuala Lumpur Newsroom)