KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia remained higher mid-day fuelled by gains in Hong Leong-related counters amid the bullish regional sentiment, dealers said.
At 12.30pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) edged up 5.85 points to 1,867.67, after hovering between 1,861.73 and 1,878.71 throughout the session.
Hong Leong-related counters dominated the top gainers list with Hong Leong Financial Group, Hong Leong Bank and Hong Leong Capital emerging among the top five.
Hong Leong Financial Group perked 48 sen to RM17.52, Hong Leong Bank added 40 sen to RM14.40 and Hong Leong Capital appreciated 20 sen to RM13.10.
A dealer said the local stock market was also lifted by stronger regional stock performance, underpinned by US data on durable goods and consumer confidence which boosted optimism in the world’s largest economy.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index rose 32.949 points to 17,411.8, the Industrial Index added 16.03 points to 3,253.59 and the Plantation Index perked 56.9 points to 8,556.37.
The FBM Emas Index edged up 23.31 points to 13,035.01, The FBMT100 Index improved 24.979 points to 12,607.31 while the FBM Ace declined 17.42 points for 6,988.13 and the FBM 70 shed 27.68 points to 14,254.09.
Losers led gainers 383 to 334 with 337 counters unchanged, 583 untraded and 30 others were suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.32 billion shares worth RM1.02 billion.
Heavyweights, Maybank and Public Bank lost two sen each to RM10.02 and RM19.32 respectively.
TNB was up two sen at RM12.44, CIMB gained four sen to RM7.22 and Axiata earned one sen to RM6.96.
Among actives, Sumatec and Takaso earned half-a-sen each to 51 sen and 41.5 sen, respectively, while Globaltec and Eti Tech slipped half-a-sen each to 10.5 sen and nine sen, respectively. PDZ was flat at 33 sen. — Bernama
