Bursa Malaysia ends higher
KUALA LUMPUR: The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended higher today, lifted by buying interest in selected heavyweights, dealers said.
At 5pm, the benchmark index was up 7.39 points to 1,684.42 after moving between 1,671.58 and 1,684.77 throughout the day.
Among heavyweights, Sime Darby gained nine sen to RM8.07, Petronas Chemicals rose 18 sen to RM6.92, SapuraKencana increased seven sen to RM2.20, CIMB was four sen higher at RM4.60 and TNB was flat at RM13.58.
Of the actives, Kim Teck Cheon Consolidated soared 17 sen to 32 sen, DPS Resources added 3.5 sen to 15 sen, Frontken lost 5.5 sen to 20 sen and Instacom edged down half-a-sen to 32 sen.
Market breadth was negative in line with most regional markets as decliners outpaced gainers by 668 to 268 while 321 counters were unchanged, 1,840 untraded and 50 others were suspended.
Volume increased to 2.77 billion shares worth RM2.37 billion from 2.67 billion shares worth RM2.39 billion on Tuesday.
On the scoreboard, the FBM Emas Index rose 25.56 points to 11,693.41, the FBMT100 Index increased 37.51 points to 11,377.15 and the FBM Emas Syariah Index advanced 11.10 points to 12,624.66.
The FBM Ace depreciated 195.07 points to 6,725.34 and the FBM 70 was 3.25 points lower to 12,885.21.
Sector-wise, the Industrial Index added 6.79 points to 3,304.89, the Plantation Index gained 9.04 points to 7,520.57 and the Finance Index appreciated 42.38 points to 14,130.44.
Main Market volume went up to 1.72 billion units worth RM2.12 billion from 1.49 billion units worth RM2.14 billion on Tuesday.
Turnover on the ACE Market fell to 861.97 million shares valued at RM222.84 million from yesterday's 995.72 million shares valued at RM223.93 million.
Warrants rose to 181.77 million units worth RM25.26 million from 177 million units worth RM27.41 million previously.
Consumer products accounted for 105.01 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products (350.64 million), construction (100.31 million), trade and services (808.31 million), technology (110.87 million), infrastructure (12.95 million), SPAC (3.35 million), finance (40.59 million), hotels (986,500), properties (169.56 million), plantations (14.88 million), mining (36,400), REITs (4.48 million) and closed/fund (154,000).
The physical price of gold as at 5pm stood at RM140.84 per gramme, down 95 sen from RM141.79 at 5pm yesterday. — Bernama