KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI rebounded to regain the 1,600-point level amid mixed performances in regional markets.
At 5 pm, the FBM KLCI rose 11.6 points, or 0.73%, to 1,604.04—its intraday high—driven by gains in Tenaga Nasional and Press Metal
. The benchmark index had earlier touched an intraday low of 1,591.49.
Gainers trailed losers by 529 to 484, while 486 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 2.96 billion shares valued at RM2.23bil.
PETRONAS Dagangan, the biggest gainer on Bursa Malaysia rose 38 sen to RM18. Sunmow added 35 sen to RM35, Press Metal gained 29 sen to RM4.69 and Lysaght climbed 25 sen to RM3.43.
Among the decliners, Heineken slid 36 sen to RM23.64, F&N fell 32 sen to RM28.30, BAT lost 31 sen to RM7.43 and Dutch Lady declined 22 sem to RM30.
Meanwhile, ringgit has depreciated by 0.14% to 4.4810 against the US dollar.
The local currency rose 0.11% against the pound sterling, now at 5.6548 and up 0.1% against the Singapore dollar at 3.3329.
Around the region, MSCI's Asia ex-Japan stock index was higher by 0.21%.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.09%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index added 0.77% and South Korea’s Kospi gained 2.16%.
China’s CSI 300 Index closed down 0.46% and the Shanghai Composite Index declined 0.21%.
