KLCI holds on to gains, boost from Tenaga and Maybank


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s blue chips close higher on Monday, with the FBM KLCI up nine points, underpinned by gains in Tenaga Nasional, Maybank and Public Bank, as overall trading volume hit nearly three billion shares.

The heavy trading was due to penny stocks including Genetec, which jumped 4.5 sen to 27 sen, prompting an unusual market activity query from Bursa Securities. Also heavily traded were Instaco, Golmatec, Hubline, Nexgram, Borneo Oil, Pesona, PUC and Connect County were among the most active stocks.

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