KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): the FBM KLCI stayed above the 1,590-point level at the mid-day break on Friday, lifted by blue chips including Maybank, CIMB, Petronas gas and KLK.
Meanwhile, Asian shares steadied on Friday as the region's benchmark indices marked their best first quarter in over 20 years and investors awaited a meeting on a possible euro zone firewall and Chinese data that may dictate market trends in coming months.
The FBM KLCI rose 6.44 points to 1,591.88 at the mid-day break.
Gainers trailed losers by 268 to 317, while 354 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 563.26 million shares valued at RM612.26 million.
The ringgit was unchanged at 3.0683 versus the US dollar; crude palm oil futures for the third month delivery fell RM26 per tonne to RM3,430, crudd oil added 62 cents per barrel top US$103.40 while godl shed 45 cents an ounce to US$1660.13.
On Bursa Malaysia, KLK added 42 sen to RM24.56, Takaful up 25 sen to RM3.37, Carlsberg 18 sen to RM10.38, Batu Kawan 14 sen to RM18.74, SEGi 11 sen to RM1.83, Petronas Gss 10 sen to RM16.84, Maybank nine sen to RM8.89, CIMB seven sen to RM7.67 and Ibraco eight sen to RM1.29.
Carotech was the most actively traded counter with 812.94 million shares done. The stiock fell 2.5 sen to 2.5 sen.
Other actives included Metronic, Focus, Key West, Tiger Synergy, SuperComnet, Ariantec, IFCA MSC and CIMB.
Decliners included Dutch Lady, genting, PPB, Shangri-La, TDM, Delloyd, Rapid, HELP, Kluang and Teo Seng.
Meanwhile, Asian shares steadied on Friday as the region's benchmark indices marked their best first quarter in over 20 years and investors awaited a meeting on a possible euro zone firewall and Chinese data that may dictate market trends in coming months.
The FBM KLCI rose 6.44 points to 1,591.88 at the mid-day break.
Gainers trailed losers by 268 to 317, while 354 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 563.26 million shares valued at RM612.26 million.
The ringgit was unchanged at 3.0683 versus the US dollar; crude palm oil futures for the third month delivery fell RM26 per tonne to RM3,430, crudd oil added 62 cents per barrel top US$103.40 while godl shed 45 cents an ounce to US$1660.13.
On Bursa Malaysia, KLK added 42 sen to RM24.56, Takaful up 25 sen to RM3.37, Carlsberg 18 sen to RM10.38, Batu Kawan 14 sen to RM18.74, SEGi 11 sen to RM1.83, Petronas Gss 10 sen to RM16.84, Maybank nine sen to RM8.89, CIMB seven sen to RM7.67 and Ibraco eight sen to RM1.29.
Carotech was the most actively traded counter with 812.94 million shares done. The stiock fell 2.5 sen to 2.5 sen.
Other actives included Metronic, Focus, Key West, Tiger Synergy, SuperComnet, Ariantec, IFCA MSC and CIMB.
Decliners included Dutch Lady, genting, PPB, Shangri-La, TDM, Delloyd, Rapid, HELP, Kluang and Teo Seng.
