Public Bank rose 46 sen to RM19.90, rebounding from Tuesday's selling, and pushing the KLCI up 3.15 points.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the first trading day of 2020 on Thursday with the FBM KLCI above the key 1,600 level, underpinned by fund buying of bank stocks and IHH Healthcare.
At 5pm, the KLCI was up 13.74 points or 0.86% to 1,602.50. Turnover was 3.36 billion shares valued at RM1.85bil. Advancers beat decliners two to one or 614 gainers, 308 losers and 368 counters unchanged.
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