KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI ended marginally increased on Friday on shopping for curiosity in banking and telco shares.
The FBM KLCI closed up 1.75 factors, or 0.11% to 1,525.54 after transferring between 1,527.50 and 1,523.14. For the week, the benchmark index fell 5.68 factors.
There have been 474 gainers, 450 losers and 471 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia. Turnover stood at 2.66 billion shares valued at RM2.01bil.
The efficiency of the FBM KLCI was boosted by shopping for curiosity in telcos and banking shares.
Axiata rose 15 sen to RM3.98, Digi added 12 sen to RM4.29 and Maxis gained 10 sen to RM4.57.
Hong Leong Financial institution superior eight sen to RM18.32, Maybank added 4 sen to RM8.08, CIMB gained two sen to RM5.10, Public Financial institution rose two sen to RM4.07 and RHB Financial institution climbed one sen to RM5.34.
On the broader market, KESM surged RM1.06 to RM13.08, Tafi added 21 sen to RM2.86, Can-One
gained 20 sen to RM4.30 and D&O rose 19 sen to RM5.80.
Among the many losers, Genetec fell 88 sen to RM43.52, Heineken misplaced 36 sen to RM21.92, Sam Engineering shed 36 sen to RM21 and PPB Group fell 28 sen to RM17.12.
In the meantime, the ringgit is traded marginally increased in opposition to the buck. The native forex is quoted at 4.1788.
Brent crude gained 40 cents, or 0.49%, to US$81.64 a barrel whereas the U.S. West Texas Intermediate rose 36 cents, or 0.46% to US$79.37 a barrel.
Elsewhere within the area, Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 0.5%, the Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.13%, CSI300 superior 1.08%, South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.8% and Hong Kong’s Dangle Seng index fell 1.07%.
