KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session higher today lifted by rotational buying interest amid the firm external tone, dealers said.
At the mid-day break, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,886.19, up 2.23 points, after fluctuating in a tight range of between 1,882.14 and 1,886.45.
A dealer said stocks should stay firm amid rotational interest on lower liners, while expectations for first-half window-dressing should provide support to blue chips.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index added 2.16 points to 17,268.78, the Plantation Index perked 28.08 points to 9,296.3 and the Industrial Index firmed 9.47 points to 3,235.78.
The FBM Emas Index garnered 10.51 points to 13,056.08, the FBMT100 Index went up 8.68 points to 12,683.21 but the FBM 70 declined 14.78 points to 14,150.51 and the FBM Ace erased 21.19 points to 6,748.19.
Decliners led advancers 378 to 317, while 331 counters were unchanged, 602 untraded and 16 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 955.46 million shares worth RM765.07 million.
Among actives, Sumatec Resources gained three sen to 30.5 sen, while 1Utopia was flat at six sen.
MAS lost 1.5 sen to 21 sen, Asia Media slipped half a sen to nine sen and EA Holdings declined one sen to 12.5 sen.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank added three sen to RM9.83 and TNB perked six sen to RM11.90.
CIMB lost one sen to RM7.32 and Axiata dropped two sen to RM6.93.
Public Bank was flat at RM20.18. — Bernama
