Bursa inches up but investors cautious over Wall St optimism


KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips inched higher early Wednesday but overall investor sentiment was still cautious as analysts said US markets were in self-denial over an improvement in the Covid-19 pandemic.

At 9.19am, the FBM KLCI was up 3.85 points or 0.28% to 1,375.51. Turnover was 746.86 million shares valued at RM215.86mil. There were 321 gainers, 121 losers and 259 counters unchanged.

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