KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): The FBM KLCI held steady at the mid-day break on Friday but struggled to stay above the 1,520-point level, while most key regional markets extended their gains to fresh two-month highs.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI rose 2.55 points to 1,519.36.
Gainers led losers by 358 to 237, while 305 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 989.06 million shares valued at RM645.76 million.
The ringgit edged up 0.05% to 3.1027 versus the US dollar; crude palm oil futures for the third month delivery gained RM16 per tonne to RM3,173, crude oil added 11 cents a barrel to US$100.50 while gold slipped US$1.32 an ounce to US$1,657.03.
At the regional markets, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.31% to 8,752.95, South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.95% to 1,933.16, Singapore’s Straits Times Index added 0.55% to 2,826.55, the Shanghai Composite Index up 0.37% to 2,304.59 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index up 0.25% to 19,992.50.
On Bursa Malaysia, Petronas Dagangan added 20 sen to RM17.70, New Hoong Fatt up 17 sen to RM2.50, Yinson 15 sen to RM2.29, KLK and TDM up 14 sen each to RM24.92 and RM4.11, Can-One up 13 sen to RM2.13, Malayan Flour Mills, Batu Kawan and MPI added 12 sen each to RM7.80, RM18.78 and RM3.27 respectively, while Genting PLANTATION []s rose 11 sen to RM9.26.
DBE Gurney was the most actively traded counter after it confirmed that it was in talks with a shareholder of CI Holding Bhd which includes a private placement exercise.
The stock fell half a sen to 13 sen with 121.84 million shares done, while its warrants gained half a sen to 8 sen with 49.99 million units done.
Other actives included TMS, DVM, Compugates, Flonic, Utopia and Focus.
Decliners at mid-day included BAT, Nestle, Supermax, A-Rank, Cepco, Harvest Court, Dutch Lady, KrisAssets and Fututec.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI rose 2.55 points to 1,519.36.
Gainers led losers by 358 to 237, while 305 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 989.06 million shares valued at RM645.76 million.
The ringgit edged up 0.05% to 3.1027 versus the US dollar; crude palm oil futures for the third month delivery gained RM16 per tonne to RM3,173, crude oil added 11 cents a barrel to US$100.50 while gold slipped US$1.32 an ounce to US$1,657.03.
At the regional markets, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.31% to 8,752.95, South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.95% to 1,933.16, Singapore’s Straits Times Index added 0.55% to 2,826.55, the Shanghai Composite Index up 0.37% to 2,304.59 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index up 0.25% to 19,992.50.
On Bursa Malaysia, Petronas Dagangan added 20 sen to RM17.70, New Hoong Fatt up 17 sen to RM2.50, Yinson 15 sen to RM2.29, KLK and TDM up 14 sen each to RM24.92 and RM4.11, Can-One up 13 sen to RM2.13, Malayan Flour Mills, Batu Kawan and MPI added 12 sen each to RM7.80, RM18.78 and RM3.27 respectively, while Genting PLANTATION []s rose 11 sen to RM9.26.
DBE Gurney was the most actively traded counter after it confirmed that it was in talks with a shareholder of CI Holding Bhd which includes a private placement exercise.
The stock fell half a sen to 13 sen with 121.84 million shares done, while its warrants gained half a sen to 8 sen with 49.99 million units done.
Other actives included TMS, DVM, Compugates, Flonic, Utopia and Focus.
Decliners at mid-day included BAT, Nestle, Supermax, A-Rank, Cepco, Harvest Court, Dutch Lady, KrisAssets and Fututec.
