KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers stocks underpinned the broader market sentiment at midday on Monday, with BAT, Dutch Lady and breweries among the top gainers while F&N rose to fresh record highs.
Some buying of telcos pushed the FBM KLCI higher. At 12.30pm, the KLCI was up 3.69 points or 0.23% to 1,638.73. Turnover was 471.72 million shares valued at RM594.09mil. There were 320 gainers, 278 losers and 309 stocks unchanged.
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