KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Bursa Malaysia rebounded from yesterday's loss to end the week on a positive note today, with the benchmark index rising by 0.66 per cent on renewed buying interest after Wall Street rallied overnight, an analyst said.
At 5pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose by 9.11 points to 1,382.47 from Thursday's close of 1,373.36.
The barometer index opened 8.27 points higher at 1,381.63, continuing its uptrend throughout the day, trading between an intraday low of 1,381.34 and an intraday high of 1,391.38.
On the broader market, gainers led decliners 481 to 335, while 407 counters were unchanged, 1,123 untraded, and 19 others suspended.
Turnover widened to 2.25 billion units worth RM1.76 billion against 2.03 billion units worth RM1.69 billion on Thursday.
Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd vice-president of equity research Thong Pak Leng told Bernama that key regional markets also trended higher today, taking a cue from the strong rebound on Wall Street after the release of US inflation data.
"Traders perceived that US inflation might have peaked going forward after the country’s consumer price index (CPI) in September remained high," he said.
On the home front, Bursa heavyweights Maybank eased two sen to RM8.45, Public Bank earned three sen to RM4.20, and Petronas Chemicals climbed 10 sen to RM8.55. CIMB stayed flat at RM5.30 and IHH Healthcare added 12 sen to RM5.72.
Of the actives, Sapura Energy and Top Glove stayed flat at four sen and 69 sen, respectively, and MYEG advanced 5.5 sen to 84.5 sen. Citaglobal shaved half-a-sen to 26.5 sen and Supermax gained five sen to 82.5 sen.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index added 59.80 points to 9,858.32, the FBM 70 climbed 63.56 points to 11,904.70, and the FBMT 100 Index gained 60.48 points to 9,607.46.
The FBM Emas Shariah Index strengthened 87.25 points to 9,854.79 and the FBM ACE gained 34.45 points to 4,652.10.
Sector-wise, the Financial Services Index was 10.16 points higher at 15,873.48, the Industrial Products and Services Index ticked up 1.37 points to 169.88 and the Plantation Index added 73.85 points to 6,421.87. The Energy Index perked up 0.74 of a point to 668.69.
The Main Market volume widened to 1.41 billion shares worth RM1.53 billion versus 1.39 billion shares worth RM1.51 billion on Thursday.
Warrant turnover jumped to 382.09 million units valued at RM53.67 million against 235.42 million units valued at RM39.46 million previously.
The ACE Market volume expanded to 465.02 million shares worth RM173.42 million from 406.04 million shares worth RM139.86 million yesterday.
Consumer products and services counters accounted for 178.92 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products and services (352.58 million), construction (39.22 million), technology (164.64 million), SPAC (nil), financial services (74.17 million), property (93.69 million), plantation (17.12 million), REITs (8.95 million), closed/fund (2,000), energy (187.04 million), healthcare (229.12 million), telecommunications and media (24.77 million), transportation and logistics (20.18 million) and utilities (14.96 million). — Bernama
