KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI was slightly higher at midday on the back of an increase in the prices of bank and energy stocks.
At 12.30pm, the benchmark index had risen 1.12 points to 1,557.04 as the recent increase in the overnight policy rate by Bank Negara sent financial services counters higher on expectations of improved lending margins.
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