KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia joined key Asian markets to close higher on Monday, boosted by stronger-than-expected China factory output data and the signing of a deal to form the world's largest free trade bloc.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 9.97 points or 0.63% to 1,599.66. Turnover was robust with 16.09 billion shares done valued at RM6.71bil. There were 776 gainers, 532 losers and 388 counters unchanged.
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