KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — Bursa Malaysia remained marginally higher at mid-morning today supported by bargain hunting in industrial and product services sector.
At 11.05 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.68 points to 1,447.48 from Monday’s close of 1,443.80. The benchmark index opened 7.63 points firmer at 1,451.43.
Market breadth was positive, with gainers outpacing decliners 606 to 301, while 336 counters were unchanged, 1,106 untraded and nine suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.59 billion shares worth RM947.57 million.
Heavyweights Maybank eased one sen to RM9.99, Public Bank gained one sen to RM4.22, TNB added 10 sen to RM13.22, CIMB picked up five sen to RM6.67 while IHH Healthcare was flat at RM6.71.
Among the actives, MYEG advanced four sen to 75 sen, Tanco and Nationgate each rose two sen to 80.5 sen and RM1.09, respectively, while Inari Amertron eased one sen to RM1.53 and G3 Global fell half-a-sen to 1.5 sen.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index grew 48.13 points to 10,666.69, the FBMT 100 Index improved 41.96 points to 10,476.27, and the FBM Emas Shariah Index appreciated 55.07 points to 10,356.84.
The FBM 70 Index expanded 120.79 points to 14,796.66, and the FBM ACE Index ticked up 26.61 points to 4,279.33.
Sector-wise, the Financial Services Index rose 25.84 points to 17,635.11, the Industrial Products and Services Index added 1.29 points to 136.78, the Energy Index went up 2.53 points to 644.91, while the Plantation Index slipped 58.35 points to 7,040.45.
— Bernama
