KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Bursa Malaysia continued to trend higher at mid-morning today, with renewed buying support seen across the board, as a result of the spillover effect from the overnight rally on Wall Street.

At 11.00am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 13.75 points higher at 1,711.44 from Wednesday’s close of 1,697.69.

The index opened 3.45 points higher at 1,701.14.

On the broader market, gainers led losers 459 to 213 with 377 counters unchanged, 647 untraded and 15 others suspended.

Turnover stood at 1.29 billion shares worth RM724.53 million.

Of heavyweights, Maybank rose 13 sen to RM8.75, Public Bank added two sen to RM19.96, TNB gained four sen to RM13.58, Sime Darby improved seven sen to RM9.11 and Petronas Chemicals increased 19 sen tp RM7.49.

Among actives, Dagang Nexchange warrant bagged 2.5 sen to 20.5 sen, Dagang Nexchange and Censof Holdings warrant improved one sen each to 43.5 sen and 16 sen respectively, while Censof Holdings and Borneo Oil were flat at 34 sen and

18 sen.

The FBM Emas Index was 90.07 points higher at 12,071.94, the FBM Emas Shariah Index rose 94.56 points to 12,524.40 and the FBMT100 Index advanced

90.14 points to 11,755.76.

The FBM Ace increased 42.80 points to 5,275.94 and the FBM 70 improved 91.34

points to 14,046.95.

On a sectoral basis, the Finance Index jumped 128.76 points to 15,216.65, the Industrial Index edged up 21.38 points to 3,256.04 and the plantation Index rose 66.19 points to 8,144.45. — Bernama