KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 ― Share prices rebounded on Bursa Malaysia at mid-afternoon led by gains in plantation and consumer counters, dealers said.
At 3.00pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia Composite Index (FBM KLCI) was 0.63 point higher at 1,638.32 after opening 9.94 points better at 1,640.67.
The Finance Index dipped 83.77 points to 13,706.18, the Industrial Index shed 23.7 points to 2,825.03 but the Plantation Index improved 44.32 points to 7,914.46.
The FBM Emas Index went down 18.47 points to 14,110.70, the FBM 70 Index reduced 26.40 points to 12,950.80 and the FBM Ace Index lost 40.33 points to 5,209.63.
Turnover stood at 634.39 million shares worth RM686.74 million.
Losers led gainers 219 to 404 while 346 stocks were unchanged and 19 were suspended.
Among gainers, BAT increased 94 sen to RM50.94, Fraser & Neave added 26 sen to RM25.56, Heikenen gained 12 sen to RM15.10, United Plantation expanded 48 sen to RM27.00 and Kuala Lumpur Kepong advanced two sen to RM23.10.
Of the actively traded stocks, Hiap Teck declined 4.5 sen to 25.5 sen while Borneo Oil and Dnonce Technology were half-a-sen higher at 15.0 sen and 24.5 sen respectively.
Among heavyweights, Maybank, CIMB and Genting were down two sen each to RM8.80, RM4.28 and RM8.19 respectively, while Public Bank rose four sen to RM19.28. ― Bernama
