KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 — The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 12.49 points to 1,762.23 at mid-afternoon today in active trading, ahead of the New Year, dealers said.
Gainers outpaced losers by 323 to 259, while 278 counters were unchanged, 882 untraded and 14 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 485.06 million shares worth RM407.52 million.
A dealer said the local bourse has started to regain its positive sentiment post-Christmas trading as investors were trying to grab the opportunities for window-dressing.
“This helped the index to improve to 1,762.23 from 1,747.25 at opening,” he said.
The other Asian stock markets were also trading higher today – Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 10.21 points to 17,818.96 and Shanghai Composite Index added 85.07 points to 3,157.60.
Back home, the FBM Emas Index advanced 66.89 points to 12,081.51, FBMT100 Index went up 68.47 points to 11,829.63 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index was 37.18 points better at 12,515.59.
The FBM 70 rose 16.06 points to 13,125.05 while the FBM Ace inched up 16.59 points to 5,666.65.
The Finance Index perked 209.38 points to 15,708.55, the Industrial Index added 8.61 points to 3,180.49 while the Plantation Index expanded 50.77 points to 7,809.73.
Among heavyweights, Maybank added 18 sen to RM9.19, TNB rose six sen to RM13.92, Public Bank was 32 sen higher at RM18.22 and Axiata was flat at RM6.99.
Of the active stocks, Hubline and Tiger Synergy were half-a-sen better at 4.5 sen and 13.5 sen respectively and Icon Offshore improved 1.5 sen to 75 sen. — Bernama
