KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 ― Bursa Malaysia remained higher at mid-afternoon, supported by renewed buying interest amid anticipation of a slightly dovish global monetary policy decision later today.
At 3pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 8.76 points to 1,478.88 from yesterday's closing of 1,470.12. The index opened 1.77 points higher at 1,471.89.
On the broader market, gainers beat losers 472 to 368, while 385 counters were unchanged, 1,048 untraded and 13 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.75 billion units valued at RM1.04 billion.
Among the Bursa heavyweights, Maybank added one sen to RM8.76, Public Bank rose four sen to RM4.39, Petronas Chemicals gained two sen to RM8.50, CIMB went up eight sen to RM5.84, and TNB increased 11 sen to RM9.32.
Of the actives, SNS climbed 1.5 sen to 26.5 sen and Advance Synergy ticked up half-a-sen to 17.5 sen, while Borneo Oil, ITMAX and Dataprep were unchanged at 2.5 sen, RM1.38 and 25.5 sen, respectively.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index advanced 45.87 points to 10,625.41, the FBMT 100 Index rose by 46.61 points to 10,329.21, the FBM Emas Shariah Index strengthened 54.92 points to 10,737.58 and the FBM 70 Index edged up 0.17 of-a-point to 13,006.17. However, the FBM ACE Index slipped 34.71 points to 5,460.19.
Sector-wise, the Financial Services Index was 45.21 points higher at 16,617.34, the Plantation Index added 53.93 points to 6,739.86, the Industrial Products and Services Index increased 0.53 of-a-point to 181.14, and the Energy Index ticked up 11.38 points to 796.10. ― Bernama
