Bursa Malaysia turnover surges to over a year's high of 6.37bil units

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia continues its uptrend at the close today due to increased interest from retail and repositioning of portfolios by institutional and foreign investors, analysts said.

At 5 pm today, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) jumped 1.01 per cent or 14.89 points to 1,477.26 from Wednesday’s close of 1,462.37.