KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained higher at mid-afternoon today, tracking the bullish sentiment across the region following upbeat manufacturing data in China and Europe. 

At 3.05pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) added 7.19 points to 1,727.56.

Regionally, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was higher by 2.21 per cent at 13,660.55, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng inched up 0.01 per cent to 21,898.15 and Singapore’s Straits Times Index added 0.18 points to 3,094.90.

The Finance Index jumped 90.57 points to 16,292.53, the Plantation Index added 16.19 points to 8,107.7 and the Industrial Index gained 1.61 points to 2,918.8.

The FBM Emas Index rose 43.59 points to 12,009.67 as the FBM70 Index appreciated 26.55 points to 13,650.25, and the FBM Ace Index garnered 30.29 points to 5,257.81.

Gainers led losers 410 to 260 while 286 counters were unchanged, 629 untraded and 18 others suspended.

Volume stood at 1.078 billion shares worth RM1.204 billion.

Among actives, MAS and The Media Shoppe both inched up half-a-sen to 33 sen and 9.5 sen respectively and Pesona Metro was up one sen to 38, while Flonic Hi-Tec was flat at 16.5 sen.

Of the heavyweights, Maybank rose 13 sen to RM10, YTL Corp added three sen to RM1.60, and CIMB went up one sen to RM7.57, while Digi was flat at RM4.65.

Axiata fell two sen RM6.56 and UEM Sunrise eased four sen to RM2.60. — Bernama