KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's stock market on Wednesday (May 30) suffered its biggest single-day slump since October 2008.
The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index plunged as much as 3.7 per cent, with losses snowballing after the midday break. The gauge ended the session 3.2 per cent lower, with declines surpassing those of all other national benchmarks in the region.
Builders suffered the brunt of the selling as Gamuda sank as much as 27 per cent after Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the government would cancel a proposed multibillion-dollar, high-speed railway link to Singapore and the third phase of a mass rapid transit line in Kuala Lumpur.
Banks also suffered, with Malayan Banking down 4.3 per cent amid a sector selloff.
The Malaysian index, which only last month traded at a record, is now down more than 9 per cent from its peak as traders adjust to a new political environment.
Foreign investors have fled Malaysia’s stocks, pulling money every single day this month - a streak unseen since the selloff of August 2015. BLOOMBERG
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