KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia were mixed at mid-afternoon as investors took profit off the table, ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting outcome later today.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 5.39 points to 1,864.73 points as at 3:15pm.

However, market breadth was negative as profit-takers beat bargain-hunters with losers leading gainers 369 to 329 while 318 counters were unchanged, 617 untraded and 30 others were suspended.   

Turnover stood at 969.86 million shares worth RM1.2 billion.      

On heavyweights, Maybank gained 10 sen to RM9.82, Axiata added 4.0 sen to RM6.72 while Public Bank lost 14 sen to RM20.02, TNB eased 4.0 sen to RM11.86 and CIMB erased 1.0 sen to RM7.47.

Among actives, 1 Utopia, China Stationery and Xinghe fell half-a-sen each to 7.0 sen, 14 sen and 21.5 sen, respectively.

On the scoreboard, the Industrial Index was 15.04 points higher at 3,177.02 points, the Finance Index improved 20.96 points to 17,067.93 points and the Plantation Index soared 54.86 points to 9,040.19 points.        

The FBM Emas Index was 24.21 points higher at 12,901.42 points, the FBMT100 Index appreciated 22.16 points to 12,549.18 points, the FBM Ace was up 13.27 points to 6,581.39 points but the FBM 70 was 30.43 points lower at 14,041.08 points. — Bernama