KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 ― Consistent buying in heavyweight counters kept the FBM KLCI index firmer at lunch break, in sync with positive sentiment in regional stock markets. At 12.30pm, key index FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 7.02 points, or 0.516 per cent to 1,368.41 from 1,361.39 at...
At 12.30pm, key index FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rose 7.02 points, or 0.516 per cent to 1,368.41 from 1,361.39 at yesterday’s close. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
At 12.30pm, key index FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rose 7.02 points, or 0.516 per cent to 1,368.41 from 1,361.39 at yesterday’s close. On the scoreboard, gainers beat losers 571 to 192, while 339 counters were unchanged, 817 untraded and 20 others suspended.Rakuten Trade said Wall Street surged overnight on hopes the US is not far from the peak of the prevailing pandemic, with the DJI Average closing above the 23,000 mark, up by almost 780 points.
Regionally, Hong Kong Hang Seng's rose 0.70 per cent to 24,137.45, Singapore Straits Times Index gained 1.54 per cent to 2,578.50 and Korea's Kospi was 0.73 per cent higher at 1,820.42.
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