KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained higher at mid-morning today on continued buying interest in the local market, led by British American Tobacco which gained 28 sen to RM66.88.

However, some profit-taking following last week’s rally capped further gains, dealers said.

At 11.05 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,799.81, up 3.37 points, after opening 6.48 points lower at 1,789.96.

Market breadth was positive with gainers outpacing decliners 313 to 263, while 274 counters were unchanged, 901 untraded and 25 others suspended.

Turnover stood at 824.98 million shares worth RM575.34 million.

On other scoreboards, the FBM Emas Index rose 11.17 points to 12,381.85, the FBMT100 Index added 9.45 points to 12,084.08, and the FBM Emas Shariah Index advanced 11.85 points to 12,978.29.

The FBM 70 declined 40.37 points to 13,416.05.But the FBM Ace rose 42.1 points to 6,409.18.

On a sectorial basis, the Industrial Index rose 0.98 of a point to 3,280.68, the Plantation Index added 40.6 points to 7,973.95, and the Finance Index went up 22.22 points to 15,616.6.

Among actives, Systech added two sen to 38 sen, Sanichi rose 1.5 sen to 10.5 sen and Takaso fell 2.5 sen to 68.5 sen.

Of the heavyweights, Tenaga Nasional lost 10 sen to RM14.98, Maybank was flat at RM8.92 sen and Public Bank added eight sen to RM18.14. — Bernama