KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 ― Bursa Malaysia ended marginally higher today, driven by buying interest in selected heavyweights and lower liners.
At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 2.16 points to 1,741.72 from Thursday’s close of 1,739.56, after moving between 1,736.21 and 1,741.74.
The key index opened 1.26 points higher at 1,740.82.
Market breadth was negative with 535 losers and 425 gainers, while 373 counters were unchanged, 386 untraded and 19 others suspended.
Volume increased to 5.22 billion units worth RM3.39 billion from Thursday’s 3.86 billion units worth RM3.0 billion.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank increased six sen to RM9, Public Bank rose eight sen to RM20, Petronas Chemicals gained one sen to RM7.78, Sime Darby was flat at RM9.32 and TNB fell eight sen to RM13.68.
Among actives, Iris Corp perked three sen to 18.5 sen, SKH Consortium went up 1.5 sen to 15.5 sen, Netx Holdings and Dagang Nexchange each added one sen at four sen and 45.5 sen, respectively.
Johan Holdings surged 9.5 sen to 33 sen and Hibiscus Petroleum climbed 2.5 sen to 47.5 sen.
The regional markets were mixed following the US cruise missiles attack on an air base in Syria.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.36 per cent to 18,664.63, Singapore’s Straits Times Index inched up 0.05 per cent to 3,177.27, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.03 per cent to 24,267.30 and Indonesia’s Jakarta Composite Index declined 0.47 per cent to 5,653.49.
The FBM Emas Index increased 9.62 points to 12,413.36, FBMT100 Index improved 11.08 points to 12,040.56 and the FBM 70 gave up 0.81 of-a-point to 14,676.75.
The FBM Ace surged 119.10 points to 6,193.94 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index inched up 3.77 points to 12,882.93.
Sector-wise, the Finance Index gained 17.74 points to 15,704.04, the Plantation Index fell 5.81 points to 8,163.78 and the Industrial Index eased 0.82 of-a-point to 3,258.44.
Main Market turnover increased to 3.27 billion units worth RM3.09 billion from Thursday’s 2.62 billion units worth RM2.76 billion.
Volume on the ACE Market rose to 1.70 billion shares valued at RM256.32 million from 985.87 million shares valued at RM215.38 million yesterday.
Warrants decreased to 248.69 million units worth RM35.67 million from Thursday’s 251.43 million units worth RM29.35 million.
Consumer products accounted for 208.77 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products (709.02 million), construction (180.79 million), trade and services (1.37 billion), technology (249.43 million), infrastructure (6.79 million), SPAC (1.13 million), finance (224.09 million), hotels (7.71 million), properties (279.07 million), plantations (25.75 million), mining (46,000), REITs (6.61 million) and closed/fund (0). ― Bernama
