KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Bursa Malaysia is on track to close the week on a high note as share prices remain firm at mid-afternoon, dealers said.

At 3.05pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 5.06 points higher at 1,789.26.

They said there were positive sentiments in the local bourse following the dovish remarks by the Federal Reserve chairwoman nominee, Janet Yellen.

They said that a resumption of a more bullish tone would happen if the index could reclaim above the 1800-1805 levels.

On the scoreboard, the Finance Index improved 26.2 points to 16,497.279, the Plantation Index ascended 35.5 points to 8,660.64, and the Industrial Index gained 28.91 points 3,088.04.

The FBM Emas Index grew 27.81 points to 12,467.58, the FBMT100 Index was 26.65 points higher at 12,189.39, the FBM 70 gained 19.65 points to 14,262.23 but the FBM Ace shed 26.86 points for 5,731.

Losers led gainers by 337 to 310 with 323 counters unchanged, 634 untraded and 28 suspended.

Total turnover stood at 745.83 million shares worth RM644.34 million.

Among actives, Unisem-WA gained 4.0 sen to 19.5 sen, AT Systemazation inched down half-a-sen to 17 sen and Instacom edged down 1.0 sen to 28.5.

As for heavyweights, Maybank garnered five sen to RM9.75, CIMB shed five sen to RM7.39 and Axiata lost two sen to RM6.82. — Bernama