KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia finished higher on Thursday on buying support in index-linked counters amid advances in regional bourses.
At 5pm, the benchmark FBM KLCI rose 4.30 points or 0.29% to 1,489.80 after moving between 1,493.21 and 1,485.90 throughout the day.
In the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 681 to 340, with 5.14 billion shares worth RM2.94bil changing hands.
The ringgit was quoted at 4.2480 against the greenback, appreciating 0.46%. The local unit opened higher against the US dollar this morning.
Digi lifted the FBM KLCI by 1.5326 points after rising nine sen to RM4.30, while Press Metal
gained 12 sen to RM5.30, contributing 1.4352 points to the index.
PETRONAS Dagangan jumped 50 sen to RM22.30, Kuala Lumpur Kepong added 34 sen to RM21.76 and Nestle climbed 30 sen to RM135.50.
PETRONAS Chemicals fell 13 sen to RM8.22, Hong Leong Financial Group eased 12 sen to RM18.38 and RHB Bank lost six sen to RM5.69.
On the broader market, Heinekn surged RM1 to RM29, Carlsberg jumped 66 sen to RM24.20 and F&N gained 60 sen to RM25.40.
Elsewhere in the region, Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.2%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index eased 0.52%, South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.8%, China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.02% and Singapore’s Straits Times Index declined 0.4%.
