Malaysia's KLCI index reverses three-day declining streak

Malaysian shares reversed a three-day declining streak Thursday, with the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia +0.46% gaining 0.5% to 1,452.74.

Dialog Group 7277, +6.76% , an energy company, was the biggest leader during the session, adding 6.8%, and telecommunication services firm +5.08% increased 5.1%. Gamuda 5398, +4.61% , which operates in the real estate/construction space, rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares gaining 4.6%.

AMMB Holdings 1015, -2.22% , a financial services firm, posted the largest decline, declining 2.2%, followed by shares of basic materials/resources company Press Metal Aluminium 8869, -1.84% , which fell 1.8%. Shares of financial services company Hong Leong Finl Grp 1082, -1.83% fell 1.8%.

In other parts of Southeast Asia, Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index STI, -0.38% fell 0.4%, and the Thailand SET Index SET, -1.05% declined 1.0%. The Philippines' PSEi Index PSEI, -0.66% fell 0.7%, while Indonesia's JSX Composite Index JAKIDX, +0.63% rose 0.6%.

Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.29% added 0.3%, while the NIKKEI 225 Index NIK, +0.50% of Japanese companies added 0.5%. The Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.26% of Chinese companies rose 0.3%.

The KOSPI Composite Index 180721, +0.61% of South Korean stocks gained 0.6%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index XJO, +0.74% gained 0.7%.

On the currency front, the U.S. dollar USDMYR, +0.15% climbed 0.2% to 4.66 Malaysian ringgit, and the euro % fell 0.2% to 5.10 ringgit.

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