KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Bursa Malaysia was higher at mid-morning today, spurred by light buying in small-capitalised stocks and selected blue-chips.
At 11.02am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,671.16, up 0.61 points from yesterday's close of 1,670.55, after opening 4.05 points higher at 1,674.60. It rose as high as 1,675.39.
Maybank was the top contributor to the composite index, gaining five sen to RM7.80, with 870,000 shares changing hands.
Other leading movers in the composite index component stocks were Public Bank which gained eight sen to RM19.84, while KLCC Prop&Reits gained 15 sen to RM7.75 and BAT advanced six sen to RM49.50.
Meanwhile, the FBM Emas Index gained 4.48 points to 11,739.94, the FBMT100 Index increased 3.92 points to 11,453.63, while the FBM Emas Shariah Index fell 2.87 points to 12,378.74.
The FBM 70 increased 3.90 points to 13,579.67, as the FBM Ace improved 9.85 points to 5,211.00.
On a sectoral basis, the Industrial Index lost 6.21 points to 3,133.80, the Finance Index rose 31.77 points to 14,375.54, while the Plantation Index climbed 10.88 points to 7,805.86.
On the broader market, market breadth was positive with gainers outpacing decliners 315 to 267 while 309 counters were unchanged, 780 untraded and 14 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 477.89 billion shares worth RM315.14 million.
Among actives, Evergreen bagged 5.5 sen to 92 sen, MBSB rose two sen to 87.5 sen, AirAsia declined three sen to RM2.94 and TH Heavy was flat at 18.5 sen. — Bernama
