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KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended on a positive note today on consistent buying support, dealers said.
The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) gained 4.21 points to close at 1,720.97. The key index moved between 1,718.56 and 1,723.69 throughout the day.
It opened 2.34 points better at 1,719.1.
OSK Research Sdn Bhd’s Head of Research, Alexander Chia, said the local market will be looking to the US Federal Reserve for further signs of when it will start to wind down its asset purchase programme.
“Budget 2014 will also be an important milestone for investors to gauge how serious the government is in getting its fiscal position back on track,” he told Bernama here today.
On the regional market, the sentiments were mixed.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 161.52 points to 22,597.97, Japan’s Nikkei rose 75.43 points to 14,064.82 and Singapore’s Straits Times Index increased 33.32 points to 3,039.94.
Among actives, Compugates Holdings and Integrated Rubber Corp were flat at five sen and 35 sen, respectively, while Asia Media and Daya Materials earned one sen each to 12 sen and 31.5 sen, respectively.
Of the heavyweights, Maybank climbed five sen to RM9.88, Axiata was flat at RM6.75 while Sime Darby slipped one sen to RM9.41 and CIMB fell two sen to RM7.15.
Gainers trounced losers by 462 to 212, with 330 counters unchanged, 561 untraded and 13 others suspended.
Turnover stood at 1.59 billion shares worth RM1.66 billion against 1.47 billion shares worth RM1.81 billion yesterday.
On the scoreboard, the Industrial Index earned 13.3 points to 2,902.4 and the Finance Index climbed 76.31 points to 16,122.78.
The Plantation Index, however, eased 14.97 points to 8,119.36,
The FBM Emas Index was 40.14 points higher at 11,949.75, the FBMT100 jumped 36.94 points to 11,708.79, the FBM 70 Index emerged 77.31 points to 13,617.17 and the FBM ACE Index went up 57.46 points to 4,950.94.
Volume on the Main Market rose to 1.18 billion units worth RM1.59 billion from 1.12 billion units worth RM1.75 billion yesterday.
Turnover on the ACE market fell to 200.49 million shares valued at RM43.18 million from 225.84 million shares valued at RM51.31 million Wednesday.
Warrants advanced to 133.2 million units worth RM22 million from 55.25 million units worth RM4.87 million previously.
Consumer products accounted for 57.58 million shares on the Main Market; industrial products 286.43 million; construction 70.31 million; trade and services 442.43 million; technology 31.53 million; infrastructure 35.31 million; SPAC 131.41 million; finance 42.68 million; hotels 5.54 million; properties 64.68 million; plantations 9.67 million; mining 14,700; REITs 3.63 million; and closed/fund 71,000. — Bernama
Consistent buying support lifts market - Business Times
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