► Sector Update – Plantation (NEUTRAL, maintain) - Exports surge in July, inventory flat

Today’s Highlights

►    Sector Update – Plantation (NEUTRAL, maintain) - Exports surge in July, inventory flat

                                                                                                                                  

Outside Malaysia            

►    US stocks fall from record as banks, energy producers retreat

►    Job openings in US picked up in June along with hiring

►    Fewer housing markets in the US have double-digit price gains

►    New Zealand cuts interest rates to record low

►    China’s central bank plans push to increase yuan’s global usage

►    Brazil’s consumer prices rise more than forecast in July

►    Oil falls after US crude supply gains, refinery demand slips