KUALA LUMPUR – Bursa Malaysia ended its first day of trading in the second quarter broadly higher after recording a steep sell-off yesterday, with the key index rising 0.58% supported by Top Glove Corp Bhd and Tenaga Nasional Bhd.
At 5pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI advanced 9.13 points to 1,582.64 from yesterday’s close of 1,573.51.
The index opened 6.46 points higher at 1,579.97, and moved between 1,576.33 and 1,586.26 throughout the day.
On the broader market, gainers trounced losers 770 to 365, while 406 counters were unchanged, 583 untraded and nine suspended.
Total volume eased to 7.92 billion shares valued at RM3.71 billion from 8.36 billion shares valued at RM4.22 billion yesterday.
Top Glove strengthened 12 sen to RM4.64 and TNB jumped 14 sen to RM10.26, accounting for 3.34 points to the key index’s gains.
As for other heavyweights, Public Bank and CIMB increased 2 sen each to RM4.22 and RM4.36, respectively, while Petronas Chemicals rose 5 sen to RM8.05, Press Metal Aluminium advanced 16 sen to RM10.06, Maybank was flat at RM8.25 and IHH Healthcare fell 2 sen to RM5.30. – Bernama, April 1, 2021
