KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia stayed marginally higher at mid-afternoon due to buying activities in selected heavyweights led by the consumer products and services, utilities and construction sectors.
At 3.01 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) edged up 0.13 of a point to 1,727.84 from yesterday’s close of 1,727.71. The benchmark index opened 5.17 points higher at 1,732.88.
However, on the broader market, decliners led gainers 606 to 471. A total of 534 counters were unchanged, 1,093 untraded and 12 suspended.
Turnover stood at 2.21 billion units valued at RM1.73 billion.
Among heavyweights, 99 Speed Mart Retail put on 15 sen to RM3.43, YTL Power International rose eight sen to RM4.13, Gamuda perked nine sen to RM4.48, Public Bank gave up four sen to RM4.79 and Axiata was seven sen lower at RM2.13.
On the most active list, Oppstar increased nine sen to RM1.02, TT Vision was five sen firmer at 39 sen, GIIB gained one sen to 31.5 sen, SMRT advanced 2.5 sen to 24 sen, and Zetrix AI inched down half a sen to 83.5 sen.
Top gainers included Sunway Construction which was up 21 sen to RM7.31, Westports improved 18 sen to RM6.16, Plenitude strengthened 11 sen to RM1.73, TMK Chemical and Ranhill Utilities gained 10 sen each to RM1.86 and RM2.19.
As for the top losers, Hong Leong Industries shed 56 sen to RM17.92, Kuala Lumpur Kepong reduced 44 sen to RM19.76, Nestle erased 38 sen to RM95.02, UMS Integration gave up 36 sen to RM8.04, and Petronas Dagangan slid 34 sen to RM19.20.
On the index board, the FBM Emas Index increased 3.02 points to 12,807.79, the FBM Top 100 Index inched down 0.02 of a point to 12,642.72, the FBM Emas Shariah Index inched up 0.01 of a point to 12,749.08, the FBM Mid 70 Index narrowed 4.20 points to 18,373.31, while the FBM ACE Index expanded 4.39 points to 4,724.44.
Sector-wise, the Financial Services Index declined 53.77 points to 20,064.63, the Energy Index edged down 6.44 points to 800.63, the Industrial Products and Services Index went up 0.07 of a point to 199.73, and the Plantation Index fell 45.63 points to 8,562.29.
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