Friday 13 January 2012

KL shares wring gains in early trade

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were traded slightly higher in early trading today, as investors took the cue from the better performance of the Wall Street overnight, dealers said.

At 9.13am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) edged up 0.28 of a point to 1,525.84.

However, losses in some banking and financial stocks saw the Finance Index easing 0.9 of a point to 13,457.84.

The Plantation Index also lost 6.12 points to 8,533.99 but the Industrial Index rose 3.09 points to 2,812.88.

The FBM Emas Index gained 7.02 points to 10,523.50, the FBM 70 Index added 17.62 points to 11,809.56, the FBM100 Index earned 4.71 points to 10,328.68 and the FBM Ace advanced 10.37 points to 4,308.29.

Gainers led decliners by 138 to 64 while 157 counters were unchanged.

It was thin trading with 1,189,194 lots worth RM68.595 million.

Actives, Palette edged up half a sen to 7.5 sen, Compugt gained one sen to seven sen and Proton-CL was up two sen to 29 sen.

Among heavyweights, CIMB added four sen to RM7.26, Maybank was up one sen to RM8.26, while Petronas Chemicals was unchanged at RM6.45. -- Bernama



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