KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended higher today as buying on selected blue chips continued, said a brokerage. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 8.85 points or 0.51 per cent to 1,756.39 from Tuesday’s close of 1,747.54. The barometer index opened 3.69 points higher at 1,751.23 before moving as low as 1,745.51 in early trade to as high as 1,757.15 during the mid-afternoon session. Market breadth was positive with gainers leading losers 575 to 474, while 549 counters were unchanged, 1,087 untraded and 11 suspended. Turnover expanded to 2.55 billion units valued at RM3.06 billion from yesterday’s 2.19 billion units valued at RM2.35 billion.
The market
is behaving like a yo-yo and today, we have a better side of things. It’s an
uptrend and we’re looking at a jump for FBM KLCI by 0.27% or 4.56 points to
1,690.91.
| FBM KLCI closed higher as oil rebound |
There is still no clear signal of breaking the 1,700 mark but things
have been slightly more positive now.
Across
Bursa Malaysia, we saw 1.72 billion shares traded worth RM1.81 billion. There
are 441 winners compared to the 355 losers while another 353 is unchanged.
Regionally,
things are also looking better except for the volatile China.
The
positive sentiment was mainly driven by the rebound of crude oil price and the
expectation of policy easing by the European Central Bank (ECB) later in the
day.
In Bursa,
the top gainer is Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd while leading the decliners was
British American Tobacco (M) Bhd. The warrants of AirAsia X and RedSena
dominated the top active counters.
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