KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — Shares on Bursa Malaysia were traded mixed in thin trading in the early session today.
Ten minutes after trading, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was down 0.73 points to 1,860.33
However, gainers outnumbered losers 116 to 56, with 150 counters unchanged, 1,239 untraded and 33 suspended.
Turnover stood at 68.38 million shares worth RM35.19 million.
HwangDBS Vickers Research said the benchmark index would be striving to hold on to its gains after advancing 28.2 points or 1.5 per cent in three days last week.
On the chart, the benchmark index is poised to inch a bit further away from the immediate resistance-turned-support level of 1,860 ahead.
“Sentiments on the external front will remain steady after Wall Street ended little changed on Friday.
Major US equity bellwethers were still hovering near their record highs, thanks to better economic reports,” the research house said in a note.
Back home, the Finance Index gained 14.869 points to 16,915.77, the Industrial Index added 1.59 points to 3,157.75 and the Plantation Index rose 19.521 points to 8,900.74.
The FBM Emas Index advanced 4.18 points to 12,820.01, the FBMT100 Index, however, fell 0.73 points to 12,551.59, the FBM Ace firmed 0.01 of a point to 5,622.87 and the FBM 70 garnered 5.88 points to 14,167.17.
Among actives, Hubline was flat at 5.5 sen, Benalec rose 3.5 sen to 88.5 sen and Sumatec earned half-a-sen to 28 sen.
Heavyweights, Maybank and Tenaga rose two sen each to RM9.97 and RM11.62, while Axiata lost one sen to RM6.89. — Bernama
