The property developer is due to pay interest on one of its dollar bonds on Thursday, and a default might trigger another round of global risk aversion
The contract rallied 3% in the previous session after industry groups estimated a decline in Sept. 1-20 Malaysian production following a near 12% rise in August
The remarks come after the competition regulator told the Australian Financial Review newspaper this month that it was reviewing whether Apple's iPhone architecture breached competition laws
The bank's policy rate has been kept steady at 19% since March this year, while inflation has continued to climb and hit 19.25% in August, exceeding expectations
The dollar index rose to a one-month high after the Fed said it would likely begin reducing its monthly bond purchases as soon as November and signalled interest rate increases may follow more quickly than expected
The 1.2% increase contrasted with the 6.3% growth Boeing forecast last year, which made China a bright spot in the aviation market at the height of coronavirus lockdowns worldwide
Hui Ka Yan's statement came after the developer said on Wednesday it had "resolved" a coupon payment on an onshore bond, pushing the company's stock price to its biggest single-day percentage rise since its listing in 2009
Signed by 11 Asia-Pacific countries in 2018, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is the region's biggest free-trade pact and accounts for around 13.5 percent of the global economy
Financial markets have tumbled over fears that the Chinese group could collapse, leading to possible contagion in the world's second-biggest economy and beyond