BURSA MALAYSIA closed higher on Wednesday, outperforming some regional peers as renewed weakness in global technology stocks and escalating tensions in West Asia prompted investors to rotate into more defensive and domestically oriented markets.
At 5 pm, the FBM KLCI rose 3.46 points to 1,678.96 from Tuesday’s close of 1,675.50.
The benchmark index opened 0.55 of a point higher at 1,676.05 and traded between 1,673.64 and 1,684.10 throughout the session.
In the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 705 to 422, while 521 counters were unchanged, 1,042 untraded and 14 suspended. —June 10, 2026
