KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark index ended higher, amid an overall cautious market sentiment, on bargain-hunting activities, said an analyst. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) advanced 12.87 points or 0.85 per cent to the day’s high of 1,526.52 from Friday’s close of 1,513.65. The benchmark index had opened 3.49 points higher at 1,517.14 and reached an intraday low of 1,514.08. In the broader market, decliners thumped gainers 637 to 288, while 428 counters were unchanged, 995 untraded and nine suspended. Turnover went up to 2.37 billion units valued at RM2.03 billion from Friday’s 2.25 billion units valued at RM2.13 billion. The market was closed on March 31 and April 1 for the Hari Raya public holidays.
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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