KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed marginally lower on Friday, as cautious sentiment persisted, with investors remaining on the sidelines amid ongoing conflicts in West Asia, said an analyst. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 2.80 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 1,695.50 from Thursday’s close of 1,698.30. The benchmark index opened 5.82 points higher at 1,704.12, and moved between 1,693.65 and 1,708.12 throughout the day. However, market breadth remained positive, with gainers outnumbering losers 634 to 415, while 521 counters were unchanged, 1,077 untraded and 10 suspended. Turnover improved to 3.38 billion units worth RM2.95 billion from yesterday’s 3.20 billion units worth RM3.50 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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