KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia regained its strength to trend higher in early trade today, tracking Wall Street’s performance last week despite muted global sentiment amid the holiday season.
At 9.06am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.28 points, or 0.2%, to 1,680.38 from Friday’s close of 1,677.10. The index opened 0.21 of a point better at 1,677.31.
The broader market was almost flat with gainers leading decliners 134 versus 133, while 302 counters were unchanged, 2,164 untraded, and 58 suspended.
Turnover amounted to 67.16 million shares valued at RM33.36 million.
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