Bursa Malaysia ends slightly higher



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KUALA LUMPUR : Bursa Malaysia closed slightly higher for the fourth consecutive day of the week in range trading, with the barometer index being lifted by the purchase of the barometer. follow-up actions in heavy actions, according to a dealer. At 17h, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index (FBM KLCI) finished up 2.45 points to 1766.23 from the closing of 1.763.78 on Wednesday.

The index moved between 1.762.15 and 1.769.22 after opening 4.54 points at 1.760.95. the general market was negative, with declines outpacing the winners from 618 to 335, while 389 were unchanged, 587 unchanged and 31 others suspended

the volume decreased to 3.03 billion units, estimated at 2.73 billion RM against 3.75 billion units on Wednesday. One dealer said that profit-taking was particularly visible in small and mid-cap stocks that had capped the market's advance.

Linked securities, however, supported Tenaga's barometer index.

In the Asian market in general, stock markets were sustained despite a strong performance on Wall Street overnight, as investors digested the evolution of the United States and the European Union agreed to work together to lower trade barriers, defusing a potential trade war between the two blocs, but receding trade war fears have yet to have an impact on the region At the regional level, the Japanese Nikkei has slipped 0.12% to 22,586.87, the Hong Kong Hang Seng index of 0.68% to 28,725.36, the Singapore Straits Times index rose 0.25% to 3,335.11 and the South Korea's Kospi rose 0.71% to 2,289.06.

Among the heavyweights, Maybank added nine sen to RM9.90, Public Bank upgraded two sen to RM24.02, Tenaga rose from 22 sen to RM15.10, Petronas Chemicals earned a sen at RM8.82 while CIMB paid a sen to RM5 Among the assets, Sapura Energy slid a sen to 61 sen, Lay Hong added 3.5 sen to 76.5 sen, Nexgram dropped from half a sen to three sen, Cuscapi lost 2.5 sen at 30 sen while Vizione was flat at 14.5 sen.

For the biggest winners, Panasonic Manufacturing won 42 sen at RM38.0 while Ajinomoto, Riverview Rubber Estates and Westport added 20 sen each to RM21.82, RM3.90 and RM3.60, respectively

The FBM Emas index was 2.01 points at 12,546.28, the FBMT 100 index rose by 7.32 points to 12,323.94 while the FBM Ace index fell by 70.79 points to 5,451.56 points [19659002] The FBM 70 fell by 27.29 points to 15,505.05 and the FBM Emas Syariah index from 3.77 points lower to 12,676.25.

At the sector level, the financial index climbed 44.08 points to 17,442.57, the Plantation index gained 7.87 points to 7,549.83 and the index increased by 12.83 points to 3,251.06

The main volume of the market decreased to 1.98 billion. 46 billion, against 2.57 billion shares worth RM 2.37 billion on Wednesday.

The Warrants' business figure dropped to 643.43 million units, valued at 191.18 million RM, compared with 701.50 million units worth 207, RM 65 million. ACE market volume fell to 407.25 million shares, worth RM 81.77 million, compared with 482.72 million shares valued at 121.96 million RMB. RMU processed yesterday

Consumer products accounted for 229.83 million shares traded on the main market. million), construction (343.98 million), trade and services (638.45 million), technology (168.77 million), infrastructure (16.31 million), PSPC (158,600), finance (58,90 million), hotels (815,400), properties (146.24 million), plantations (25.91 million), mines (23,500), REIT (6.71 million), and closed / funds (100,500).

The physical price of gold at 5 pm was RM155.09 per gram, up from five sen of RM155.04 at 5 pm yesterday. – Bernama

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