KLCI closes off day’s best of 1,802 (Update)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s blue chips closed off their day’s best on some mild profit taking after the initial exuberance from the last-ditch US budget deal, which sent the FBM KLCI to a high of 1,802, fizzled out.

At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 6.05 points or 0.34% to 1,797.42. Turnover was 1.74 billion shares valued at RM1.74bil. There were 478 gainers, 298 losers and 317 counters unchanged.