KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI traded range-bound on Wednesday, with buying interest interspersed with profit-taking.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI added 0.23 of a point to 1,512.98 buoyed by gains in Tenaga Nasional and CelcomDigi.
The broader market displayed its weakness as profit-takers triumphed over bargain-hunters. There were 401 gainers, 635 losers and 427 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia.
About 3.67 billion shares, valued at RM2.86bil, changed hands.
The ringgit fell 0.08% to 4.7310 against the US dollar. The local currency was down 0.17% against the euro at 5.1269.
It also fell 0.11% against the pound sterling at 6.0012 and 0.08% against the Singapore dollar at 3.5320.
Tenaga jumped 24 sen to RM10.72 and single-handedly contributed 1.9950 points off the FBM KLCI.
CelcomDigi added six sen to RM4.25, lifting the index higher by 1.0110 points.
Among the gainers, MCE Holdings gained 17 sen to RM1.14, Dayang rose 16 sen to RM2.05 and KLCCP Stapled Group climbed 12 sen to RM7.37.
Malaysian Pacific Industries
, the top loser on Bursa Malaysia, slid RM1 to RM27. Heineken fell 64 sen to RM24.10, Keck Seng lost 27 sen to RM5.67 and Pentamaster eased 22 sen to RM4.04.
Elsewhere in the region, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.61%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.39%, South Korea’s Kospi closed down 0.07% and Singapore’s Straits Times Index added 0.09%.
