KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia rebounded to end higher today with the benchmark FBM KLCI reclaiming the 1,700 psychological level, supported by improved global sentiment after US President Donald Trump signalled a potential de-escalation of the Iran conflict, alongside Malaysia’s stronger Industrial Production Index (IPI) data. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) increased 27.51 points, or 1.64 per cent, to 1,701.68 from yesterday’s close of 1,674.17. The benchmark index opened 10.68 points higher at 1,684.85, its lowest point today, and hit a high of 1,703.61 in the late afternoon session. Market breadth was positive, with gainers thumping losers 929 to 382. A total of 361 counters were unchanged, 982 untraded and 19 suspended. Turnover declined to 3.60 billion units worth RM3.75 billion from yesterday’s 5.52 billion units worth RM5.87 billion.
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| REDDISH START FOR FBMKLCI |
Forget the champagne, the Christmas tree, the gifts, the holidays....2016 kickstart and FBMKLCI brings Malaysian back to reality....39.14 points dropped. That's a 2.31% decline from where we were on 31st December 2015.
Of course, Malaysians will be relief that we are not the only one....most likely, no other countries take it worse than China did....Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index fell 7% to trigger the "circuit breaker" on the very first day that the trading suspension mechanism came into effect.
Here's a summary for the day:
A total of 1.92 billion shares, worth RM1.734 billion, were done for the whole trading session.
The top losing counter was British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd, while the top gainer was United Plantations Bhd.
The most actively-traded stock of the day was Instacom Group Bhd, with a trading volume of 85.77 million shares.
So what do you think? Will this red and bear period be a short one or a longer one? Many cites China as the benchmark....let's wait and see how the market in US will perform on the first day of 2016...
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