KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Bursa Malaysia closed higher today, in line with the regional markets as positive spillover from US strengh continued to fuel bullish sentiment in the market, dealers said.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) chalked up 21.97 points, up by 1.25 per cent, to close at 1,773.54.

The key barometer moved between 1,754.46 and 1,773.54 throughout the trading session.

A dealer said regional stocks rose as US Federal Reserve officals hinted at keeping easy-money policies in place until the economy is back on its feet.

“Bursa Malaysia finally saw a net foreign inflow, a positive sign that foreigners are returning to Bursa aster a selling phase for the last five weeks,” he said.

On the scoreboard, the Finance Index surged 219.83 points to 16,884.92, the Industrial Index improved 38.85 points to 2,992.55, and the Plantation Index rose 61.38 points to 8,363.46.

The FBM Emas Index jumped 148.351 points to 12,304.91, the FBMT100 Index chalked up 149.40 points to 12,080.71, the FBM Mid 70 Index leapt 173.51 points to 14,108.51, and the FBM Ace Index increased 26.11 points to 4,684.5.   

Gainers doubled losers 508 to 253, with 306 counters unchanged, 526 untraded and 51 others suspended.

Total volume rose to 1.48 billion shares worth RM2.73 billion from yesterday’s 1.32 billion shares worth RM2.19 billion.

Among actives, MAS, Ingenuity and CSL added half-a-sen each to 30.5 sen, 9.5 sen and 28.5 sen respectively while Luster Industries lost one sen to 12 sen.

Debutante MPHB Capital chalked up 37 sen to RM1.37.

For the heavyweights, Maybank rose 16 sen to RM10.40, CIMB and Sime Darby added 10 sen each to RM8.28 and RM9.58 respectively, Axiata earned two sen to RM6.63 and Petronas Chemicals garnered six sen to RM6.62.

Volume on the Main Market rose to 1.29 billion shares worth RM2.69 billionfrom Yesterday’s 1.15 billion shares worth RM2.16 billion.

Turnover on the ACE market increased to 166.89 million shares worth RM32.55 million from yesterday’s 133.26 million shares valued at RM25.58 million.

Warrants slightly declined to 31.97 million units worth RM5.2 million from 32.25 million units worth RM5.07 million previously.   

Consumer products accounted for 60.38 million shares on the Main Market, industrial products 325.88 million, construction 71.32 million, trade and services 436.43 million, technology 42.49 million, infrastructure 33.29 million,

SPAC 52.17 million, finance 117.44 million, hotels 516,800, properties 117.99 million, plantations 22.48 million, mining 43,000, REITs 9.56 million and closed/fund 101,100. — Bernama