The economic crisis and its impact on the equity market (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) composite index / Otteran Gira

• Main Author: Gira, Otteran
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: HG Finance; Trust services. Trust companies; Investment, capital formation, speculation
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69292/1/69292.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69292/

Market sentiment weakened severely. The onset of the crisis since July 1997 worsened sentiment in the stock market, which had commenced on its downtrend since April 1997. With the speculative attack on the ringgit and the de facto devaluation of the Thai baht, the depreciation of the ringgit reinf...