KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended higher today as buying on selected blue chips continued, said a brokerage. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 8.85 points or 0.51 per cent to 1,756.39 from Tuesday’s close of 1,747.54. The barometer index opened 3.69 points higher at 1,751.23 before moving as low as 1,745.51 in early trade to as high as 1,757.15 during the mid-afternoon session. Market breadth was positive with gainers leading losers 575 to 474, while 549 counters were unchanged, 1,087 untraded and 11 suspended. Turnover expanded to 2.55 billion units valued at RM3.06 billion from yesterday’s 2.19 billion units valued at RM2.35 billion.
The US stock market opened higher ahead of the widely anticipated rate hike by the US Federal Reserve, the first of the anticipated three hikes for 2017.
One of the stock market that we have been keeping an eye on is Microsoft since 2014, which continued to move higher along with the broader market, gaining 0.16% to US $64.51, giving it a market capitalization of US $497.7 billion.
The recovery in the stock market was buoyed by the rebound in oil prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.21% to 20,880.15 while the S&P 500 gained 0.36% to 2,373.98. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.18% to 5,867.125.
One of the stock market that we have been keeping an eye on is Microsoft since 2014, which continued to move higher along with the broader market, gaining 0.16% to US $64.51, giving it a market capitalization of US $497.7 billion.
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