KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed lower on Friday amid mixed regional market performance as investors turned cautious over a possible rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and upcoming US economic data that may influence the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate decision next week. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) pared most earlier losses to settle 4.55 points easier, or 0.28 per cent, to 1,616.52 from Thursday’s close of 1,621.07. The benchmark index, which opened 0.37 of-a-point lower at 1,620.70, moved between 1,609.67 and 1,621.25 throughout the day. The broader market was negative, with decliners outpacing advancers 604 to 439. A total of 550 counters were unchanged, 1,151 untraded, and 18 suspended. Turnover declined to 3.17 billion units worth RM2.24 billion from 4.48 billion units worth RM2.75 billion yesterday. Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd vice-presiden...
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): The FBM KLCI gained 0.44% as buying interest resumed during the second half of trading, with the banking sector picking up following the hike in the overnight policy rate (OPR) announced by the central bank yesterday.
The benchmark index closed 8.06 points or 0.44% higher at 1,853.92.
Hong Leong Investment Bank's head of retail research, Loui Low, said the market is still bullish, supported by foreign investors' interest as well as the gains in banking counters.
He pointed that companies like AirAsia X Bhd saw a lot of trading today as the market is positive of the stronger ringgit, which will be supportive of the airline company.
AirAsia X was the most active counter today with about 249 million shares traded. The stock jumped four sen or 10.1% to 43.5 sen.
Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd led the gainers with an increase of RM4 or 3.7% to RM111.50 while Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Bhd led decliners with a fall of 60 sen or 1.7% to RM35.84.
A total of 3.2 billion shares worth RM2.4 billion were traded. Across the board, decliners led gainers at 562 to 380 while 446 counters were traded unchanged.
Elsewhere, the Nikkei share average ended lower in choppy trade as investors locked in profits ahead of the weekend while mining shares and financial firms underperformed the market, said Reuters.
Source: The Edge

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