KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained range bound at mid-morning today on mixed external sentiments, dealers said.
At 11am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) climbed 0.08 point to 1,818.25, after opening 0.49 point lower at 1,818.66.
A dealer said positive sentiment from a stronger overnight performance on Wall Street was capped by concerns over sanctions on Russia and the recovery of the European region.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index added 3.1 points to 16,413.74, while the Industrial Index eased 3.65 points to 3,158.92 and the Plantation Index decreased 10.5 points to 8,834.4.
The FBM Emas Index was up 4.68 points to 12,597.75, the FBMT100 Index increased 3.67 points to 12,264.2, the FBM Ace expanded 49.03 points to 6,635.26 and the FBM 70 firmed 16.5 points to 13,831.05.
Gainers led losers 292 to 234 while 278 counters were unchanged, 818 untraded and 28 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 519.97 million shares worth RM465.22 million.
Among actives, Xidelang added one sen to 36 sen, while MQ Technology and Ingenuity were flat at 12 sen and 10.5 sen respectively.
Flonic Hi-Tec and Sumatec earned half a sen each to nine sen and 30 sen respectively.
As for the heavyweights, Maybank and CIMB were flat at RM9.53 and RM7.10 respectively.
TNB and Axiata lost two sen each to RM11.94 and RM6.50 respectively, and Sime Darby dropped one sen to RM9.19. — Bernama
