Market Pulse - 3Nov22 - All Eyes On Bank Negara

The FBM KLCI rebounded as investors saw the recent selldown as a buy-the-dip opportunity, positioning for the GE15 event, but the trading activities was relatively quiet as investors remained cautious prior to the US Fed’s FOMC meeting and BNM’s meeting. Nevertheless, we expect the selling pressure may emerge in the Asian stock markets after the US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated the hawkish stance to combat stubbornly-elevated inflation, which may dampen the attractiveness on interest rate sensitive sector such as technology.