KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) closed higher today, lifted by gains in selected heavyweights led by Petronas Chemicals and Genting.

At 5 pm, the key index rose 9.15 points to 1,827.42 after fluctuating between 1,818.16 and 1,830.9 through the day. Petronas Chemicals jumped 13 sen to RM6 and Genting soared 25 sen to RM9.

The Finance Index rose 31.05 points to 16,144.83, the Plantation Index declined 9.57 points to 7,585.95 and the Industrial Index eased 2.47 points to 3,361.03.

The FBM Emas Index expanded 50.36 points to 12,589.40, the FBMT100 Index climbed 53.15 points to 12,273.66 and the FBM Emas Syariah Index increased 37.35 points to 13,111.27. The FBM Ace decreased 10.85 points to 6,977.16 but the FBM 70 was 27.10 points higher at 13,642.80.

There were 362 gainers and 434 losers, with 321 counters unchanged, 693 counters untraded and 35 others suspended.

Total volume went up to 1.82 billion shares worth RM1.93 billion from 1.52 billion shares last Thursday worth RM2.17 billion.

Among actives, DGB Asia was flat at 9 sen, Luster Industries edged down 0.5 sen to 11 sen and Kanger International declined 2 sen to 28.5 sen.

Of the heavyweights, Maybank rose 4 sen to RM9.25, TNB lost 8 sen to RM14.28 and Public Bank eased 2 sen to RM19.46.

Main Market volume rose to 1.05 billion units worth RM1.78 billion from 914.37 million units worth RM2.05 billion last Thursday.

Turnover on the ACE Market appreciated to 669.04 million shares valued at RM137.68 million from the 501.92 million shares last Thursday valued at RM110.22 million. Warrants declined to 92.43 million units worth RM15.85 million versus 98.75 million units worth RM14.52 million previously.

Consumer products accounted for 65.41 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products 333.92 million, construction 66.25 million, trade and services 416.00 million, technology 39.04 million, infrastructure 17.05 million, SPAC 6.0 million, finance 35.74 million, hotels 1.32 million, properties 61.50 million, plantations 7.42 million, mining nil, REITs 7.06 million and closed/fund 34,000. — Bernama