Telcos, Petronas Dagangan send KLCI to higher close


KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips closed Friday on an upbeat note, underpinned by gains in telcos especially Axiata, and Petronas Dagangan.

At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 7.93 points or 0.5% to 1,595.81. Turnover was 2.84 billion shares valued at RM2.26bil, reflecting the quality of buying had picked up.

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