KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed higher today, buoyed by increased risk appetite after Bank Negara kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 3%, amid Donald Trump's claimed victory in the U.S. presidential election, which strengthened the US dollar.
The benchmark FBM KLCI rose 13.47 points, or 0.83%, to 1,634.17, its intraday high, boosted by gains in banking and utilities stocks.
