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Other exchanges have also withdrawn their applications, but some have re-filed.

Other exchanges have also withdrawn their applications, but some have re-filed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia's economy expanded at its fastest rate in 18 months in the second quarter helped by stronger household spending, exports and investment, with the central bank forecasting full-year growth to come in near the upper end of its forecast range. Gross domestic product grew 5.9% in the April-to-June period, data showed on Friday, accelerating from 4.2% in the first quarter and surpassing analysts' and early government estimates for a 5.8% rise. On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, GDP rose 2.9%, compared with a 1.5% rise in the January-to-March period, data from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Statistics Department showed.

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Norway's $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund upped its holdings in crypto exhanges, increases its indirect Bitcoin coverage by 62%.

Foreign investors heavily bought into Japanese stocks in the week to Aug. 10, encouraged by policymakers' signals to stabilize the market following recent turmoil which had sent shares into their biggest one-day plunge since 1987. Cross-border investors bought a net 521.9 billion yen ($3.51 billion) of Japanese shares in the week, reversing three consecutive weeks of net selling, according to finance ministry data. Last week, Japanese policymakers signalled action to prevent further declines in the stock market, while the Bank of Japan indicated it would keep rates steady amid market instability, following a historic 12.4% drop in the Nikkei share average on Aug. 5 on fears of a recession in...

Indexes rose Thursday as investors reacted to a surprisingly strong increase in retail sales and lower jobless claims.