KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia was broadly higher in early Friday trade as market sentiment was boosted by overnight rally on Wall Street but the FBM KLCI faces significant resistance to bounce past the key 1,600 level.
At 9.30am, the KLCI was up 4.45 points or 0.28% to 1,596.970. Turnover was 602.36 million shares valued at RM368.74mil. Gainers beat losers 422 to 190 while 377 counters were unchanged.
