KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia rebounded to close higher on Wednesday on selective buying of defensive stocks after a volatile trading session. IPPFA Sdn Bhd director of investment strategy and country economist Mohd Sedek Jantan said consumer products and services stocks lifted the key index higher, overcoming lingering geopolitical concerns. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.08 points to 1,715.56 from yesterday’s close of 1,712.48. The benchmark index, which opened 1.91 points higher at 1,714.39, moved between 1,710.79 and 1,720.59 during the day’s trading. In the broader market, gainers outstripped decliners 550 to 476, while 612 counters were unchanged, 1,129 untraded, and 48 suspended. Turnover rose to 2.96 billion units valued at RM2.48 billion from 2.94 billion units valued at RM2.56 billion on Tuesday.
Just this morning, Malaysians were greeted with a good news,
the oil rally of 6% and it already feels like it’s gonna be a good day for the
market.
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| FBM KLCI closed marginally higher while Asian stocks dropped |
Well, it did, at least for a start but as at 5pm, FBM KLCI
closed at 1,677.28 points on profit taking after reaching an intraday high at
1,685.88.
In the Asia region, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.37%, South Korea's
Kospi dropped 0.11%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng down to 0.25%.
The oil rally on Monday that had boosted global equity
markets made a U-turn. US front-month West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude
futures were trading at US$32.72 per barrel at 0753 GMT, down 67 US cents from
Monday's settlement.
International benchmark Brent was also down 61 US cents at
US$34.08 a barrel.
On Monday, we have seen oil prices jumped to as much as 7%
as there are speculations over the falling US shale output fed the notion that
crude prices may be bottoming after their 20-month collapse.
In Europe, Euro and sterling were hit by uncertainty over Britain's membership of the European Union.
The top gainer was Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Bhd while the leading decliners included Nestle (M) Bhd and Cycle & Carriage Bintang Bhd. The most active stock was APFT Bhd.
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