KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher, buoyed by Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) decision to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent, alongside positive cues from Wall Street. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 19.30 points, or 1.19 per cent, to 1,635.86 from Wednesday’s close of 1,616.56. The benchmark index opened 6.72 points higher at 1,623.28, and fluctuated between an intraday high of 1,642.44 and a low of 1,622.62 during the trading session. However, market breadth was negative, with losers outnumbering gainers 723 to 497, while 466 counters were unchanged, 1,075 untraded and 10 suspended. Turnover rose to 3.74 billion units valued at RM3.61 billion compared with yesterday’s 2.81 billion units valued at RM2.57 billion.
FBM KLCI open higher today by 2.57 points or 0.16% to 1,648.79 as at 9.17am.
The market saw a relatively low volume of about 81.3 million shares changed hands at the time of writing, most likely due to a shorter trading days in the country with the Raya Holiday.
Air Asia X was the most actively traded counter and it has risen by 2.63% to 39 sen with 9.1 million shares being traded.
Dutch Lady was the top gainer so far with the milk counter risen by 50 sen to RM58.98 with a volume of 100.
Heineken was at the other end of the table, leading the decliner for the day so far with a loss of 22 sen or 1.42% to RM15.24.
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