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Interest for beaten down counters is set to boost Bursa Malaysia’s performance with the main index expected to trade within the 1,420-1,440 level next week, said Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd.

The ringgit is likely to trade on a bullish bias next week, below the RM4.40 level within the 4.3925-4.4175 range against the US dollar, said an analyst.

Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong (left) and Bandar Baru Klang assemblyman Datuk Teng Chang Khim

A picture taken on July 27, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich. - A US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing the FSB security services. "The FSB halted the illegal activities of US citizen Evan Gershkovich... a correspondent of the Moscow bureau of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, accredited with the Russian foreign ministry," the FSB was quoted as saying. He is "suspected of spying in the interests of the American government" and of collecting information "on an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex," agencies reported. - Pic: AFP

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at the Iftar Ceremony organised by the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce in Beijing today. The Prime Minister urged Malaysian businesses overseas to facilitate foreign direct investments into the country to help boost economic recovery. - Pic: BERNAMA

President Vladimir Putin today signed off a new Russian foreign policy strategy aimed at curtailing Western "dominance" and identifying China and India as key partners for the future. The new document cements the deep Cold War-style rupture between Russia and the West over Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. - Pic: AFP

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (third, right) received a momento from Chairman of China Islamic Association Imam Nordin after performing Friday prayers at Beijing's Dongsi Mosque today. Anwar also paid a courtesy visit to Chinese president Xi Jinping today. - Pic: BERNAMA --fotoBERNAMA (2023) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim delivers a public lecture at Tsinghua University, which is one of the most famous universities in China, today. - BERNAMA

Economists are projecting a better outlook for the ringgit in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023 amid the country's relatively resilient economic outlook.