KL shares higher at mid-afternoon
Sentiments at Bursa Malaysia stay positive as the key index is higher at mid-afternoon despite some profit taking.. — Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Bursa Malaysia remained higher at mid-afternoon with some profit taking activities seen emerging following earlier gains. At 3pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was up 9.84 points to 1,609.03, supported by heavyweights, mainly Public Bank, Maxis, Dialog and Maybank.Gainers outpaced losers 343 to 322, with 356 counters unchanged, 890 untraded and 36 others suspended.Among heavyweights, Public Bank added 18 sen to RM22.4, Maxis rose eight sen to RM5.38, Dialog was 10 sen higher at RM3.32 and Maybank expanded five sen to RM9.01.
Of the actively-traded stocks, Lambo and Priceworth International increased half-a-sen each to seven sen and seven sen respectively, while Impiana Hotel was unchanged at four sen. The FBM Emas Index was up 65.37 points to 11,328.75, the FBMT 100 Index jumped 66.34 points to 11,163.46 and the FBM Emas Shariah Index improved 66.83 points to 11,499.01.Sectorwise, the Financial Services Index gained 66.76 points to 16,563.48, the Plantation Index was higher by 26.27 points at 6,898.93 and the Industrial Products & Services Index was 0.21 of-a-point lower at 163.86.
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