THE value of shares traded in the third quarter surged to RM903.7mil from RM899.6mil in the second quarter, although the number of shares traded in the three months to Sept 30, at 582.7 million, was lower than the 601.6 million in the second quarter.
The value of shares transacted was, nonetheless, the highest since the first quarter of 2000 – the bubbly days of the dotcom boom – when shares crossed hands at an average of RM1.5bil per day.
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