Petronas Dagangan, HLBank shore up KLCI

KUALA LUMPUR: Petronan Dagangan and Hong Leong Bank helped shore up the FBM KLCI in early Tuesday trade while the broader market was firmer after the heavy selling the previous day triggered by foreign fund selling.

At 9.25am, the FBM KLCI was up 2.02 points or 0.13% to 1,592.75. Turnover was 867.31 million shares valued at RM452.88mil. There were 363 gainers, 298 losers and 339 counters unchanged.