{
  "id": 13928055,
  "title": "Bursa climbs further as Budget 2027 boosts banking stocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/bursa-climbs-further-as-budget-2027-boosts-banking-stocks-13928055",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T10:04:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/10/12/bursa-climbs-further-as-budget-2027-boosts-banking-stocks"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bursa Malaysia continued its upward trend last week, buoyed by bargain-hunting in banking stocks following the release of Budget 2027. The index rose 0.59% to 1,618.01 points as of 5 pm, marking a 9.56-point increase from the previous Friday's close of 1,608.45. The KLCI, which opened 3.34 points higher at 1,611.03, saw fluctuations between 1,608.91 and 1,619.30 throughout the trading day. Despite losers outnumbering gainers by a ratio of 778 to 344, and 520 counters remaining unchanged, the overall market showed resilience with a turnover of 3.36 billion units valued at RM2.91 billion, slightly higher than the previous day's turnover of 3.33 billion units.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Ringgit opens higher vs US dollar on fiscal discipline pledge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/ringgit-opens-higher-vs-us-dollar-on-fiscal-discipline-pledge-13836837",
        "published": "2026-10-12T00:31:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Ringgit opens higher vs US dollar on fiscal discipline pledge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/ringgit-opens-higher-vs-us-dollar-on-fiscal-discipline-pledge",
        "published": "2026-10-12T00:46:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Ringgit opens higher as Budget’s fiscal discipline boosts sentiment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/ringgit-opens-higher-as-budgets-fiscal-discipline-boosts-sentiment",
        "published": "2026-10-12T01:13:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}