BURSA Malaysia has continued to rise in line with positive regional performance and as a result of improved market sentiment following positive cues from Wall Street overnight, said a dealer.
At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) advanced 4.80 points to end at 1,500.29 compared with Thursday’s closing of 1,495.49.
The benchmark index opened 0.89 of-a-point firmer at 1,496.38 this morning and traded between 1,495.68 points and 1,507.49 points throughout the day.
Market breadth was negative with losers beat gainers 499 to 376, while 415 counters were unchanged, 1,069 untraded and 35 others suspended.
Total turnover fell to 2.40 billion units worth RM1.86 bil from 2.64 billion units worth RM2.10 bil yesterday. – Aug 26, 2022
