Bursa rises as oil deal rumours, fiscal aid shore up sentiment


KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI continued picking up points in the late session as momentum built over the prospect over an oil deal and the Malaysian government announced more fiscal measures to aid ailing SMEs.

At 5pm, the benchmark index was up 11.04 points to 1,341.69. The market displayed heavy trading interest with a day's value of RM2.61bil on the back of 5.98 billion shares exchanging hands.

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