Market Pulse - 14Feb23 - Staying Afloat

Final hour buying support lifted the FBM KLCI into the positive territory amidst bearish regional markets sentiment. With a broad-based rebound on Wall Street overnight, the market could be positioning ahead of the release of the US CPI inflation report, where most of the traders could be anticipating a cooling inflation. Hence, we believe the bullish sentiment is likely to spill over to the regional markets as well as the local bourse especially on the technology sector.