KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia extended its gains on Thursday amid escalating trading volumes as confidence mounted that global stimulus measures would help to stabilise economic growth.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI was up 3.31 points to 1,586.81, mostly on the back of a jump in financial stocks. Most counters on the 30-stock index were in the red, signalling some profit-taking in the heavyweights following the recent rally.
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