31.   Malaysian share prices also closed sharply higher on an influx of overseas orders.

32.   Malaysian share prices closed lower, with the key slipping to its lowest point in nearly six months.

33.   Malaysian shares account for about a quarter of trading on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

34.   Malaysian shares closed sharply higher in line with gains on other regional bourses, dealers said.

35.   Malaysian shares resumed their upward surge Monday with aggressive buying by local institutional investors, some linked to the government.

36.   Malaysian share prices also soared on buying by local investors.

37.   Malaysian share prices closed sharply higher on buying by foreign investors.

38.   Malaysian share prices closed sharply higher on selective nibbling of blue-chips by both local and foreign investors.

39.   Malaysian share prices soared on hopes that Malaysia will be reinstated into the closely-watched Morgan Stanley Capital International Indexes, or MSCI, dealers said.

40.   Malaysian shares also surged in reaction to gains on the Japanese market.