KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's stock benchmark pushed higher on Thursday, continuing an uptrend that started this week as investors picked up stocks amid the year-end window-dressing period.index to possibly hover within the 1,615-1,625 range today, with the hope that the 1,630 mark will be broken along the way to avert a prolonged consolidation phase," said Rakuten Trade in its daily outlook.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.69% to 45,014.44, the S&P 500 gained 0.60% to 6,086.47 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.3% to 19,735.12.