KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia's key index closed at an intraday high today, supported by continued buying interest even as renewed geopolitical tensions and a weaker overnight lead from Wall Street following the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) decision to stand pat on interest rates weighed on broader sentiment. The Fed has decided to hold rates steady for the fifth consecutive meeting, with the Federal Funds Rate unchanged between 3.50 per cent and 3.75 per cent. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 4.84 points to 1,720.40 from yesterday’s close of 1,715.56. The benchmark index, which opened 1.14 points lower at 1,714.42, hit its lowest level of 1,710.69 in early trade before gaining momentum for the rest of the day. However, the broader market was negative with losers outpacing gainers 581 to 411, while 612 counters were unchanged, 1,173 untraded, and 87 suspended. Turnover declined to 2.49 billion units valued at RM2.25 billion from ...
The FBM KLCI index lost 3.99 points or 0.24% on Monday. The Finance Index fell 0.24% to 14253.87 points, the Properties Index up 0.07% to 1136.91 points and the Plantation Index down 0.18% to 7704.28 points. The market traded within a range of 6.44 points between an intra-day high of 1631.41 and a low of 1624.97 during the session.
Actively traded stocks include HIBISCS, GADANG-WB, HSI-H63, REACH-WA, APFT, RGB, TRIVE, ASIABIO, AIRASIA and KNM. Trading volume decreased to 1139.64 mil shares worth RM1352.42 mil as compared to Friday’s 1284.49 mil shares worth RM1455.25 mil.
Leading Movers were BAT (+84 sen to RM45.30), HAPSENG (+13 sen to RM7.95), HLBANK (+10 sen to RM13.42), AXIATA (+3 sen to RM4.28) and MAXIS (+4 sen to RM6.00). Lagging Movers were GENM (-10 sen to RM4.60), PPB (-34 sen to RM15.66), GENTING (-15 sen to RM7.91), MISC (-7 sen to RM7.18) and CIMB (-4 sen to RM4.63). Market breadth was negative with 297 gainers as compared to 440 losers.
The KLCI was down and closed at 1624.97 points amid overnight mixed performance in US. Market sentiment remained subdued as ringgit continues to slide.

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