KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rebounded to stage a positive performance today, lifted by buying interest in selected blue chips, dealers said.

The FBM KLCI finished 6.48 points higher at 1,840.35, after fluctuating between 1,831.1 and 1,843.48 throughout the day.

Contributing 1.072 points to the rise, Petronas Gas chalked up 30 sen or 1.32 per cent to RM22.90 with 424,300 lots changing hands.            

RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd Technical Analyst Mohammad Ashraf Abu Bakar said the local market remained positive with the uptrend today mostly supported by domestic investors.

“Sentiment in the local bourse is still bullish with interest focused on favourite stocks like Maybank and CIMB.

“Besides, December is always a good month for the stock market as it will usually see positive performance,” he told Bernama.        

On the scoreboard, the Industrial Index gained 3.15 points to 3,099.58, the Plantation Index rose 44.19 points to 9,025.56 but the Finance Index eased 8.02 points to 16,833.31.   

The FBM Emas Index was up 28.93 points at 12,697.22, the FBMT100 Index increased 28.14 points to 12,427.29 but the FBM 70 fell 32.91 points to 14,067.62 and the FBM Ace declined 8.97 points to 5,628.69.

There were 368 gainers; 362 losers, with 348 counters unchanged, 484 untraded and 21 others were suspended.

Volume rose to 1.182 billion shares, worth RM1.68 billion, from yesterday’s 1.073 billion shares worth RM1.638 billion.

Among actives, Tiger Synergy was flat at 23 sen while Sanichi shed half-a-sen to 8.5 sen.     

Of the heavyweights, TNB garnered eight sen to RM11.08, CIMB gained four sen to RM7.73, while both Sime Darby and Axiata Group added two sen each to RM9.59 and RM6.75, respectively.

However, Maybank was flat at RM10.02.           

Volume on the Main Market increased to 909.758 million units, worth RM1.607 billion, from 818.574 million units, worth RM1.554 billion, registered yesterday.

Turnover on the ACE market rose to 225.264 million shares, worth RM64.72 million, from yesterday’s 205.62 million shares worth RM69.731 million.  

Warrants expanded to 37.481 million units, valued at RM5.016 million, from 34.287 million units, worth RM5.35 million, recorded previously.    

Consumer products accounted for 55.525 million shares on the Main Market, industrial products 101.868 million, construction 41.227 million, trade and services 248.774 million, technology 44.73 million, infrastructure 31.242 million, SPAC 95.386 million, finance 155.808 million, hotels 265,000, properties 111.834 million, plantations 15.562 million, mining 25,400, REITs 7.479 million and closed/fund 35,600. — Bernama