KUALA LUMPUR: News on stock, crypto and ringgit moves.

Buying interest in Petronas Dagangan, Kuala Lumpur Kepong and Press Metal helped push the benchmark index to close marginally higher, in line with regional markets.

The key index, which closed at 1,612 points, is likely to stay within the 1,600-1,620 range this week.

Bitcoin was higher at RM270,569, while Ethereum was trading at RM12,112.

Analysts believe investors will tread cautiously ahead of a slew of key US economic indicators this week.

Solana saw further losses, trading at RM648.

The ringgit was marginally higher at 4.4200 against the greenback ahead of the release of US inflation data.

That's it for Market Pulse.

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