Malaysia Airlines shares suspend trading

Clerks work at a branch office of Malaysia Airlines in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 18, 2014. A Malaysia Airlines plane with 298 people on board crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.

Malaysian stock exchange said on Friday that Malaysia Airlines (MAS) suspended its shares from trading, pending for an announcement.

MAS said in an announcement that the suspension was requested by Khazanah Nasional Berhad ("Khazanah"), its major shareholder, " pending for a proposal from Khazanah in relation to a material corporate exercise involving the company."