KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — Bursa Malaysia remained higher at mid-day today, spurred by strong buying momentum in finance, consumer and telecommunication equities, dealers said.
At 12.30pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 12.86 points or 0.76 per cent higher at 1,714.40, after opening 3.28 points easier at 1,698.26.
For the top gainers, BAT rose 76 sen to RM62.76, Public Bank rose 38 sen to RM18.88 and Time Dotcom added 15 sen to RM7.35.
Gainers beat losers 433 to 244, with 286 counters unchanged, 830 untraded and 12 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 998.25 billion shares valued at RM751.17 million.
A dealer said the local bourse and its regional peers were trading upwards with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index improving 517.49 points to 24,910.28,
while Japan’s Nikkei 225 was 32.40 points better at 19,887.87 and Singapore’s STI Index gained 14.86 points to 3,282.49.
On the scoreboard, the FBM Emas Index rose 84.29 points to 11,790.30, the FBMT100 Index was higher by 82.83 points to 11,485.65, the FBM Emas Shariah improved 64.33 points to 12,264.76.
The FBM 70 advanced 78.95 points to 12,663.71 and the FBM Ace edged up 8.4 points to 6,090.96.
Sector-wise, the Finance Index gained 151.73 points to 15,387.11 and the Plantation Index inched up 47.48 points to 7,441.43 and the Industrial Index rose 12.22 points to 3,153.95.
Among heavyweights, Maybank rose four sen to RM9.2, Axiata was three sen higher at RM18.88, Sime Darby gained two sen to RM8.53 and Maxis added one sen to RM6.46.
Among the actives, AirAsia surged two sen to RM1.33, Perwaja gained two sen to 30.5 sen, while Multi Sports fell half-a-sen to nine sen and KNM Group slid one sen to 60 sen. — Bernama
