KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia pared most of its losses to close marginally lower today, supported by late buying in banks after heavy selling in CelcomDigi earlier, amid continued weak market sentiment due to the US trade policies. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased by 0.68 of-a-point to 1,591.60 compared to yesterday’s close of 1,592.28. The market barometer opened 0.63 of-a-point higher at 1,592.91 and moved between an intraday low of 1,587.58 and an intra-day high of 1,595.01. Losers outnumbered gainers 598 to 433, while 445 counters were unchanged, 843 untraded and 22 suspended. Turnover expanded to 3.27 billion units worth RM2.40 billion from 2.56 billion units worth RM2.22 billion on Thursday. Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd's vice president of equity research Thong Pak Leng said the FBM KLCI remained in consolidation mode, struggling to brea...
Crude oil price seems to have recover and stabilize.
To a certain extend, this was in line with what we thought on December 13th in regards to the oil near bottom.
While I'm blogging this, the crude oil price (WTI) is at USD56.13 while the crude oil (brent) is at USD60.73 per barrel. It has dropped a bit but we personally feel that the oil price will not see any more sharp decrease.
The market probably feels the same way as FBM KLCI climbed 28.06 points or 1.64% as investors bought beaten blue-chip stocks.
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FBM KLCI climbed 28.06 points (1.64%) today |
However, caution must be taken as there are analysts that feel that the crude oil (brent) might fall below USD60 per barrel, but we're quite close to that mark already anyway.
The top gainers for today are Petronas Gas Bhd and consumers counters like Dutch Lady and Nestle. The top decliners are Icon and Hong Leong Bank Bhd.
Regionally, Japan's Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index both rose 0.08% and 1.26% higher.
It has been a good day for the FBM KLCI but caution should be taken for tomorrow's trade as the oil price showed some decline movement....things are still very volatile so it'll be difficult to see a strong rally towards 2015.
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