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.
The FBM KLCI index gained 2.04 points or 0.13% on Tuesday. The Finance Index fell 0.23% to 14162.5 points, the Properties Index dropped 0.27% to 1158.33 points and the Plantation Index down 0.41% to 7703.77 points. The market traded within a range of 5.14 points between an intra-day high of 1632.71 and a low of 1627.57 during the session.
Actively traded stocks include FGV, FGV-C16, SUMATEC, HIBISCS, RGB, AAX, NICORP, HSI-H63, GPACKET and PERISAI. Trading volume increased to 1496.29 mil shares worth RM1811.10 mil as compared to Monday’s 1382.86 mil shares worth RM1381.38 mil.
Leading Movers were GENTING (+21 sen to RM8.16), RHBBANK (+12 sen to RM4.70), BAT (+106 sen to RM45.00), YTL (+3 sen to RM1.53) and PETGAS (+30 sen to RM21.50). Lagging Movers were HLFG (-26 sen to RM15.10), SIME (-10 sen to RM7.95), MAYBANK (-9 sen to RM7.69), AXIATA (-5 sen to RM4.48) and PPB (-12 sen to RM15.66). Market breadth was negative with 344 gainers as compared to 410 losers.
The KLCI closed higher at 1629.32 points amid overnight gains in US market as oil jumped on optimism OPEC will agree to cut output. The performance of our local bourse was lifted by buying interest in heavyweight counters led by Genting Bhd.

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