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.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): The FBM KLCI fell 6.73 points or 0.42% to 1584.73 today, as investors remained cautious on external developments and continued to participate in profit-taking activities.
The benchmark index was amongst the few trading negatively around the region, as the rest closed in green territory on optimism ahead of the signing of the Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China this week.
Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd head of retail research Loui Low said profit-taking is likely to continue, ahead of the Chinese New Year holidays.
“On the other hand, despite investors taking profit in the big cap companies, the technology index remained in positive territory, closing 1.36% higher,” he told theedgemarkets.com.
Loui noted this is in tandem with the performance of technology counters in China, which rose higher today on optimism of the trade deal.
Dragging the KLCI lower were Hong Leong Bank Bhd which closed 2.05% lower to RM17.20, Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd closing 1.93% lower to RM7.10, and Public Bank Bhd which fell 1.64% to RM19.22.
A total of 2.61 billion shares, worth RM1.65 billion, were traded.
Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed 0.47% higher, South Korea's Kospi rose 1.04%, while China's Hang Seng index climbed 1.11% and the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.75%.
China and the United States are scheduled to sign the trade agreement on Jan 15, and the Trump administration has invited at least 200 people to the White House for the ceremony, Reuters reported.
The agreement eases the 18-month long trade dispute between the countries and aims to alter China’s trade and economic practices, but it will still leave in place, tariffs on about US$370 billion worth of Chinese imports per year.
Source: The Edge
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