KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 ― The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI futures contract (FKLI) on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives was mostly higher in sync with the underlying equity market.         

At 10:08am, spot month April 2014 rose 2.0 points to 1,853, May 2014 increased 6.0 points to 1,847, June 2014 advanced 5.5 points to 1,846 and Sept 2014 added 2.0 points to 1,845.         

Turnover amounted to 1,690 lots while open interest totalled 32,078 contracts.        

The benchmark FBM KLCI was 2.98 points higher at 1,855.29 at 10:05am. ― Bernama