KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia remained mixed at mid-morning today with investors’ interest confined to selected heavyweights in consumer stocks, dealers said.
British American Tobacco gained 30 sen to RM63.20 and Apex Healthcare added 29 sen to RM4.89.
As at 11am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM LCI) increased 7.52 points to 1,815.12, after opening 5.15 points higher at 1,812.75.
Losers led gainers 273 to 225, with 254 counters unchanged, 812 untraded and 20 others suspended.
Turnover was low with 392.1 million shares traded valued at RM244.2 million.
The Finance Index improved 12.369 points to 16,688.02, the Plantation Index gained 15.87 points to 8,895.92 and the Industrial Index was 9.29 points higher at 3,163.12.
The FBM Emas Index increased 34.86 points to 12,585.79, the FBMT100 Index advanced 36.43 points to 12,315.21, the FBM Ace added 23.87 points to 5,606.97 and the FBM 70 rose 18.159 points to 14,182.11.
Among actives, XOX lost half a sen to 16.5 sen, 1 Utopia gained half a sen to eight sen and Sumatec declined half a sen to 30 sen.
As for heavyweights, Maybank rose three sen to RM9.81, CIMB fell one sen to RM7.57 and Sime Darby was flat at RM9.65. — Bernama
