KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Bursa Malaysia continued its upward momentum mid-afternoon on buying support especially for blue chips and key heavyweights, dealers said.
At 3.07pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,800.5, up 2.76 points from last Friday's close of 1,797.74.
The benchmark index fluctuated between 1,798.87 and 1,803.31 since trading resumed this morning until 3.07pm.
The Finance Index rose 21.96 points to 17,282.71, Industrial Index gained 5.59 points to 3,051.55 but the Plantation Index fell 28.12 points to 8,389.81.
The FBM Emas Index earned 9.07 points to 12,552.29 and the FBMT100 advanced 13.21 points to 12,287.99 but the FBM 70 Index and the FBM ACE Index lost 7.67 points and 19.06 points each to 14,447.95 and 4,974.8, respectively.
Losers led gainers 400 to 331, with 282 counters unchanged, 567 untraded and 14 others were suspended.
Turnover was lower at 876.751 million shares worth RM960.932 million.
Among actives, Daya Materials added one sen to 27.5 sen, Majuperak Holdings gained 5.5 sen to 43.5 sen but TH Heavy Engineering slipped 2.5 sen to 92 sen.
In heavyweights, both Maybank and CIMB perked four sen each to RM10.68 and RM8.50, respectively, Axiata Group rose five sen to RM6.83 and Maxis increased three sen to RM7.06.
Sime Darby, however, was flat at RM9.49. — Bernama
