KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's stock market recorded its best performance to date on Monday, with the FBM KLCI ending 3.38% higher at 1,752, as funds snapped up blue chips after Barisan Nasional stayed in power though with a smaller margin.
At the close, the KLCI rose 57.25 points to 1,752.02, but off the day's high of 1,826.22. Turnover surged to 1.91 billion shares valued at RM4.99bil. Advancing counters trounced decliners 870 to 83 with 132 counters unchanged.
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