KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia rebounded on Wednesday after yesterday’s dip on sturdy buying interest in healthcare shares.
At closing, the 30-stock index superior 6.05%, or 0.39% to 1,547.95 after transferring between 1,549.53 and 1,540.24.
Market breadth was optimistic as gainers overpowered the losers on a ratio of 659-to-346 shares. Traded volumes stood at 4.49 billion shares value RM1.96bil.
Bursa Malaysia’s Healthcare Index added 43.54 factors, or 1.93% to 2,297.27 amid considerations over the brand new Covid-19 variant IHU.
Among the KLCI-component shares, there have been 17 gainers whereas 12 counters declined.
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jumped 23 sen to RM5.75, Top Glove added 11 sen to RM2.44 and IHH Healthcare gained 4 sen to RM6.86.
Among the banks, Maybank closed one sen decrease at RM8.35, Public Bank added 4 sen to RM4.17, CIMB rose 5 sen to RM5.47, RHB Bank declined one sen to RM5.44 and Hong Leong Bank superior 16 sen to RM19.12.
Laggards among the many KLCI element shares had been Nestle, Petronas Dagangan, Hong Leong Financial Group and Genting.
On the broader market, Aeon Credit surged 60 sen to RM14.52, PMB Technology added 42 sen to RM12.62 and MPI rose 32 sen to RM50.
Genetec fell 40 sen to RM40.50, KESM misplaced 30 sen to RM12.70 and Rapid declined 26 sen to RM9.40.
Meanwhile, the ringgit was quoted at 4.1938, down 0.16% towards the US greenback.
Among the important thing regional markets:
Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 0.1% to 29,332.16;
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.64% to 22,907.25;
Shanghai Composite Index closed down 1.02% to three,595.18;
Taiwan’s Taiex fell 0.14% to 18,499.96;
South Korea’s Kospi fell 1.18% to 2,953.97 and;
Singapore’s Straits Times Index misplaced 0.73% to three,157.94 factors.
