Blue chips advance after record overnight close on Wall St


KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips climbed in early Thursday trade, with chip makers and tech stocks among the top gainers, tracking the strong key Asian markets after Wall Street posted record closing.

At 9.42am, the FBM KLCI was up 9.58 points or 0.59% to 1,634.55. Turnover was 2.51 billion shares valued at RM873.12mil. There were 542 gainers, 314 losers and 389 counters unchanged.

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