KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia rebounded to end higher today with the benchmark FBM KLCI reclaiming the 1,700 psychological level, supported by improved global sentiment after US President Donald Trump signalled a potential de-escalation of the Iran conflict, alongside Malaysia’s stronger Industrial Production Index (IPI) data. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) increased 27.51 points, or 1.64 per cent, to 1,701.68 from yesterday’s close of 1,674.17. The benchmark index opened 10.68 points higher at 1,684.85, its lowest point today, and hit a high of 1,703.61 in the late afternoon session. Market breadth was positive, with gainers thumping losers 929 to 382. A total of 361 counters were unchanged, 982 untraded and 19 suspended. Turnover declined to 3.60 billion units worth RM3.75 billion from yesterday’s 5.52 billion units worth RM5.87 billion.
The FBM KLCI index gained 11.28 points or 0.69% on Thursday. The Finance Index increased 0.52% to 14353.88 points, the Properties Index dropped 0.00% to 1129.57 points and the Plantation Index rose 0.53% to 7742.89 points. The market traded within a range of 7.66 points between an intra-day high of 1643.75 and a low of 1636.09 during the session.
Actively traded stocks include HSI-H57, HSI-C48, RGB, AIRASIA, HSI-H63, ASIABIO, MNC, TENAGA, ANZO and KNM. Trading volume increased to 1092.23 mil shares worth RM1568.39 mil as compared to Wednesday’s 1040.92 mil shares worth RM1373.57 mil.
Leading Movers were AMMB (+27 sen to RM4.45), AXIATA (+22 sen to RM4.64), ASTRO (+13 sen to RM2.78), SKPETRO (+7 sen to RM1.55) and YTL (+5 sen to RM1.58). Lagging Movers were PETGAS (-22 sen to RM21.28), MAXIS (-2 sen to RM6.05), PBBANK (-2 sen to RM19.62), TM (-0 sen to RM6.11) and IHH (-0 sen to RM6.40). Market breadth was positive with 390 gainers as compared to 313 losers.
The KLCI surged with last minute spike to 1643.42 points amid overnight gains in US markets. The performance of our local bourse was in tandem with most of our regional peers following Wall Street strode to another record.

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