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.
Index Performance U.S. equities fell for a second straight session on Wednesday, dragged lower by weakness in Apple and Nvidia , even as Tesla provided some relief. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) : -154.75 points (-0.4%) to 46,121.28 Nasdaq Composite : -75.62 points (-0.3%) to 22,497.86 S&P 500 : -18.95 points (-0.28%) to 6,637.97 The pullback comes just two days after all three benchmarks set fresh records on Monday. Magnificent Seven Mixed Among the market’s most influential stocks: Apple (AAPL) fell 0.83% Nvidia (NVDA) slipped 0.82% Alphabet (GOOGL) dropped 1.8% Amazon (AMZN) eased 0.2% By contrast, Tesla (TSLA) jumped 4% , buoyed by a 25.3% weekly rise in European registrations , a positive sign after months of softer sales in the region. Meta Platforms (META) rose 0.7% , while Microsoft (MSFT) edged up 0.2% . Stan...