KLCI pares gains, stays up 0.36% in line with region

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia pared some of its gains at close on Friday but remained up 0.36%, tracking regional markets.

At 5pm, the 30-stock FBM KLCI index was up 5.61 points, or 0.36% to 1,544.41. The benchmark index had earlier risen to its intra-day high of 1,551.33. On a weekly basis, the index fell 1.27%, or 19.93 points.