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 (Sept 13): The FBM KLCI shed 3.79 points or 0.2% on profit taking after the index breached the 1,790-point level in intraday trade.
At 5pm, the KLCI closed at 1,786.07 points after rising to its intraday high at 1,793.22 points. The KLCI had earlier risen after the US' S&P 500 closed at a record high overnight on Tuesday.
In Malaysia today, Maybank Investment Bank Bhd chartist Nik Ihsan Raja Abdullah told theedgemarkets.com that “the (KLCI's) lower performance is actually a healthy pullback for the market, as you can see that the trading volume remains strong at 2.7 billion shares.
"The broader market is still positive.”
Across Bursa Malaysia, the 2.7 bllion share-trade volume was worth RM1.85 billion. Decliners outnumbered gainers at 462 to 362 respectively.
DBE Gurney Resources Bhd was the most-active stock. DBE shares closed 0.5 sen higher at 3.5 sen with some 193 million units traded.
Malaysian shares tracked overnight US share gains. Reuters reported that the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 61.49 points or 0.28 percent to 22,118.86, the S&P 500 gained 8.37 points or 0.34 percent to 2,496.48 and the Nasdaq Composite added 22.02 points or 0.34 percent to 6,454.28.
It was reported that the S&P 500 hit a record closing high for the second day in a row on Tuesday, with financial stocks leading the charge, but gains were stunted by a decline in Apple Inc shares after it unveiled its latest iPhone.
Source: The Edge

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