BURSA Malaysia maintain its upward momentum to end higher for the third consecutive session, supported by continued buying in selected industrial products and services as well as healthcare counters, an analyst said.
Press Metal and IHH Healthcare were the top two gainers, rising 17 sen and 10 sen to RM5.18 and RM6.82, respectively, contributing a combined 3.90 points to the gains in the benchmark index.
At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 4.80 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 1,532.96 from last Thursday’s close of 1,528.16.
The FBM KLCI, which opened 5.25 points higher at 1,533.41, moved between 1,526.30 and 1,538.10 throughout the trading session.
However, the broader market was negative with 531 gainers outnumbering 443 decliners, while 506 counters were unchanged, 959 untraded and 102 suspended.
Turnover surged to 3.57 billion units worth RM2.68 billion against 2.90 billion units worth RM2.23 billion on Thursday last week.
