Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened higher in early trading today in tandem with gains in the regional Asian markets and positive progress in the european debt crisis, dealers said.
Dealers said persistent buying interest following last Friday's uptrend helped sustain the market momentum.
As at 9.26am, the FBM KLCI was 9.72 points better at 1,584.49 after opening 3.5 points higher at 1,542.27.
The Finance Index surged 79.19 points to 13,666.5, the Plantation Index perked 40.92 points to 8,788.84 and the Industrial Index jumped 41.9 points to 2,913.18.
The FBM Emas Index advanced 65.63 points to 10,799.42, the FBM Mid 70 Index added 60.08 points to 12,466.61 and the FBM ACE Index rose 42.72 points to 4,579.35.
Gainers led losers 349 to 113, 221 counters were unchanged, 797 counters untraded and 21 suspended. Turnover stood at 627.77 million shares worth RM320.2 million.
Actives, Naim Indah Corp gained 27 sen to 45 sen, SAAG Consolidated earned 1.5 sen to eight sen and Trinity Corp added one sen to 75 sen.
Heavyweights, Maybank rose seven sen to RM8.40, CIMB Group Holdings gained three sen to RM7.03, Sime Darby improved 28 sen to RM9.74 and Petronas Chemicals Group advanced six sen to RM6.85. -- BERNAMA
Dealers said persistent buying interest following last Friday's uptrend helped sustain the market momentum.
As at 9.26am, the FBM KLCI was 9.72 points better at 1,584.49 after opening 3.5 points higher at 1,542.27.
The Finance Index surged 79.19 points to 13,666.5, the Plantation Index perked 40.92 points to 8,788.84 and the Industrial Index jumped 41.9 points to 2,913.18.
The FBM Emas Index advanced 65.63 points to 10,799.42, the FBM Mid 70 Index added 60.08 points to 12,466.61 and the FBM ACE Index rose 42.72 points to 4,579.35.
Gainers led losers 349 to 113, 221 counters were unchanged, 797 counters untraded and 21 suspended. Turnover stood at 627.77 million shares worth RM320.2 million.
Actives, Naim Indah Corp gained 27 sen to 45 sen, SAAG Consolidated earned 1.5 sen to eight sen and Trinity Corp added one sen to 75 sen.
Heavyweights, Maybank rose seven sen to RM8.40, CIMB Group Holdings gained three sen to RM7.03, Sime Darby improved 28 sen to RM9.74 and Petronas Chemicals Group advanced six sen to RM6.85. -- BERNAMA
