Bursa recoups day’s losses, ends slightly higher FMTNews FMTBusiness
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia recouped earlier losses to close marginally higher today, lifted by late buying in utilities and technology counters, in line with the upbeat performance in most regional bourses.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI edged up 0.50 of-a-point to close at 1,402.98 compared with 1,402.48 at yesterday’s close. Turnover rose to 2.44 billion units worth RM2.28 billion from 2.36 billion units worth RM1.63 billion yesterday. As for the active counters, YTL Corporation was 5.5 sen higher at 83.5 sen, Bahvest Resources rose 4 sen to 22.5 sen, Tanco dipped 5.5 sen to 48.5 sen, SMRT Holdings edged up 5 sen to 70.5 sen, while Revenue Group was flat at 26.5 sen.
The Main Market volume swelled to 1.70 billion units valued at RM2.05 billion from 1.47 billion units valued at RM1.40 billion yesterday.