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, WED., OCT. 7, 2026No. 3 · Morning, 6:00 a.m. MYT6 a.m. MYT
FBM KLCI1,633.35▲0.10%10/6USD/MYR4.08▼0.04%10/6S&P 5007,818.93▲0.58%10/6WTI$89.44▲0.01%10/6Gold$4,187.10▲0.73%10/6
Environment · HazePress ✓ 3 outlets · API counts per Malay Mail and Business Today

Haze worsens: unhealthy areas nearly double to 21 by morning, 28 by afternoon, with Johor hardest hit

Smoke from fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan pushed readings into the unhealthy band across Johor, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor on Tuesday.

The number of areas recording unhealthy air nearly doubled overnight to 21 at 8am on Tuesday 6 October, with Johor the hardest hit, Malay Mail reported from the Department of Environment’s air quality portal. By 3pm Business Today counted 28 areas. Under the Air Pollutant Index, readings of 101 to 200 are unhealthy. Nilai in Negeri Sembilan read 161 in the morning and 170 in the afternoon, and Seremban 157 and 168.

In Selangor the afternoon list included Johan Setia at 157, Shah Alam 155, Banting 154 and Petaling Jaya 153, with Klang at 124, Business Today said. Port Dickson in Negeri Sembilan read 152. Penang’s Minden was still in the good range at 45 in the morning. The Star’s regional roundup the next day pictured haze over Kuala Lumpur and said Jakarta was struggling to contain fires in Borneo and Sumatra. No school closures were announced on Tuesday in the reports DailyDrop saw.

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21areas unhealthy at 8am, nearly double overnight (Malay Mail)
28areas unhealthy at 3pm (Business Today)
170Nilai’s afternoon API, the highest named (Business Today)
Politics · BudgetPress ✓ 3 outlets · time per Malay Mail and Bernama

Budget 2027 will be tabled at 3.30pm on Friday, half an hour earlier, with the debate running to late November

Deputy Speaker Ramli Mohd Nor announced that the second reading of the Supply Bill 2027, the Budget, will begin at 3.30pm on Friday 9 October instead of 4pm, Malay Mail and Bernama reported on Tuesday. The Prime Minister, who is also Finance Minister, will table it.

Bernama’s schedule shows policy-stage debate lasting eight days, from 12 to 22 October, with ministers winding up from 26 to 29 October and the committee stage from 2 to 26 November. DailyDrop has not seen the official order paper itself, so the dates are as Bernama reported them.

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Committee stageParliament

The later stage in which the House goes through a bill head by head, here ministry by ministry, before the final vote.

World · MarketsPress ✓ 2 outlets · midday levels; closes from market data

US stocks head for records on earnings optimism as oil slips under US$100

US stocks moved toward fresh highs on Tuesday on optimism about corporate earnings, after the S&P 500 gained 0.66% on Monday to 7,773.95, according to a global markets report and Canadian Press. By midday the S&P 500 was up 68.84 points at 7,842.79, the Dow up 385.15 at 51,653.05 and the Nasdaq composite up 238.54 at 27,715.85. By the close the S&P 500 was at 7,818.93, up 0.58%.

Oil pulled back, with Brent down 0.79% to US$99.42 and US crude down 1.24% to US$88.18 in the midday reports; WTI settled at US$89.44. One report said a G7 plan to release 100 million barrels from emergency reserves had eased worries about shortages, but DailyDrop found that detail in one outlet only. For Malaysia, the effect is felt through Asian markets and the ringgit when they open today.

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Sport · Asian GamesPress ✓ 3 outlets · weekend result, first full account

Malaysia matches its Asian Games gold record with nine at Aichi-Nagoya

Malaysia ended the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with nine gold, seven silver and 16 bronze medals, equalling its best haul, set at Guangzhou in 2010, according to Malay Mail, The Star and Bernama. The golds came from squash, karate, e-sports, sepak takraw and track cycling. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim congratulated the contingent on Sunday.

Azizulhasni Awang’s keirin gold came in his last Asian Games. Reports on the final day said one win in the padel or hockey finals would have set a new record, and the final tally of nine suggests neither final was won, but DailyDrop has not seen the final results themselves. This item appeared at the weekend and is included here as the first full account.

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Markets · MalaysiaPress ✓ 2 outlets · KLCI per Bernama; ringgit per Bank Negara rate

KLCI gains 1.60 points to 1,633.35; ringgit steady at about RM4.08 before the Budget

The FBM KLCI rose 1.60 points, or 0.10%, to 1,633.35 on Tuesday from 1,631.75 on Monday, Bernama reported, and KLCI futures also closed higher. The Bank Negara Malaysia 5pm rate for the dollar was about 4.0835 buying and 4.087 selling, Business Today reported, almost unchanged from Monday’s 4.085. DailyDrop found the KLCI close in Bernama reports only.

After the close, WTI settled at US$89.44, up 0.01%, gold at US$4,187.1, up 0.73%, and the S&P 500 at 7,818.93, up 0.58%. Wednesday morning, the KLCI was reported down 16.97 points to 1,616.38 at 10.02am, which falls after the 05:00 cut-off and is not part of this edition.

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1,633.35FBM KLCI close, +0.10% (Bernama)
4.0835USD/MYR at Bank Negara’s 5pm rate
7,818.93S&P 500 close, +0.58% (market data)
In brief
  • KLCI +1.60 points to 1,633.35Bernama
  • Haze: 28 areas unhealthy at 3pm, Nilai 170Business Today
  • Budget 2027 to be tabled at 3.30pm on Friday, not 4pmMalay Mail, Bernama
  • WTI US$89.44 (+0.01%), gold US$4,187.1 (+0.73%), S&P 500 7,818.93 (+0.58%) at Tuesday’s US closemarket data
  • Brent slips to US$99.42 in midday tradingglobal markets report
  • Malaysia equals Asian Games gold record with nineMalay Mail, The Star
  • Debate on the Budget runs 12-22 Oct, committee stage 2-26 NovBernama
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INSIDEHaze worsens: unhealthy areas nearly double to 21 by morning, 28 by afternoon, with Johor hardest hitEnvironment · HazeBudget 2027 will be tabled at 3.30pm on Friday, half an hour earlier, with the debate running to late NovemberPolitics · BudgetUS stocks head for records on earnings optimism as oil slips under US$100World · MarketsMalaysia matches its Asian Games gold record with nine at Aichi-NagoyaSport · Asian GamesKLCI gains 1.60 points to 1,633.35; ringgit steady at about RM4.08 before the BudgetMarkets · Malaysia