KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia remained higher at mid-afternoon on buying support from index-linked counters, led by Maxis and Top Glove, amid the mixed performance of regional peers.
At 3.06 pm, key index FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) gained 0.82 point to 1,358.32 from 1,357.5 at Friday’s close.
Maxis rose nine sen to RM5.25 and glove maker Top Glove bagged 24 sen to RM6.74, contributing a total of 2.403 points to the composite index’s rise.
Losers surpassed gainers 415 to 306, while 332 counters were unchanged, 865 untraded and 32 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 2.09 billion shares worth RM923.36 mil.
Of the heavyweights, Tenaga increased four sen to RM12.08, while IHH Healthcare and Petronas Chemicals added one sen each to RM5.10 and RM4.83, respectively.
Maybank lost five sen to RM7.45, Public Bank fell six sen to RM15.82, while CIMB slipped one sen to RM3.51.
Among the actives, Minetech climbed 2.5 sen to 23 sen, while Sapura Energy, Bumi Armada, Hibiscus Petroleum, and Lambo added half-a-sen each to 10.5 sen, 17.5 sen, 50 sen and 1.5 sen, respectively.
Sanichi and Velesto were flat at 4.5 sen and 16 sen, respectively.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index improved 1.8 points to 9,393.85, the FBM ACE rose 42.16 points to 4,049.19, the FBM Emas Shariah Index lifted 15.31 points to 10,378.43 and the FBMT 100 Index gained 1.39 points to 9,290.05. However, the FBM 70 decreased 15.9 points to 10,998.85.
Sector-wise, the Industrial Products and Services Index edged up 0.02 point to 109.52, the Financial Services Index contracted 42.68 points to 12,236.23 and the Plantation Index depreciated 52.55 points to 6,193.1. – April 13, 2020, Bernama
