KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher, buoyed by Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) decision to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent, alongside positive cues from Wall Street. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 19.30 points, or 1.19 per cent, to 1,635.86 from Wednesday’s close of 1,616.56. The benchmark index opened 6.72 points higher at 1,623.28, and fluctuated between an intraday high of 1,642.44 and a low of 1,622.62 during the trading session. However, market breadth was negative, with losers outnumbering gainers 723 to 497, while 466 counters were unchanged, 1,075 untraded and 10 suspended. Turnover rose to 3.74 billion units valued at RM3.61 billion compared with yesterday’s 2.81 billion units valued at RM2.57 billion.
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The FBM KLCI rose 5.1 points or 0.3% with Asian shares as investors bargain hunted for index-linked Public Bank Bhd and Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) shares.
At 5pm, the KLCI closed at 1,765.13 points while Public Bank rose 32 sen to RM20.60 to become Bursa Malaysia's fourth-largest gainer.
Maybank added 11 sen to RM9.65.
Across Bursa Malaysia, 1.82 billion shares worth RM2.24 billion were traded. There were 503 decliners compared with 271 gainers.
Actively-traded stocks included Frontken Corp Bhd and ManagePay Systems Bhd.
Analysts said overall market sentiment was still negative as the number of declining stocks on Bursa Malaysia outnumbered gainers.
“There is an improvement on the composite index today. However underlying overall sentiment is still negative as there are twice as many [decliners] than gainers today,” Inter-Pacific Research Sdn Bhd research head Pong Teng Siew told theedgemarkets.com
Asian shares rose. Japan's Nikkei 225 added 0.3% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.79%.
Reuters reported that Asian shares rose on Tuesday as investors looked to a barrage of economic data around the world to confirm recent signs the global economy is in fine fettle with inflation staying well contained.
Source: The Edge

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