BURSA Malaysia’s key index reversed early losses to end higher today on renewed interest in utilities as well as industrial product and services stocks amid the mixed performance by regional peers.
At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.07 points to close at 1,611.50 from yesterday’s close of 1,608.43.
The benchmark index, which opened 0.18 of-a-point higher at 1,608.61, moved between 1,602.71 and 1,611.54 during the trading session.
However, the market breadth was negative with decliners leading gainers 565 to 435, while 514 counters were unchanged, 940 untraded and 13 suspended.
Turnover narrowed to 2.82 billion units valued at RM2.22 bil versus 2.99 billion units worth RM2.54 bil yesterday. – Nov 13, 2024
