KUALA LUMPUR – FTSE Russell and Bursa Malaysia Bhd today announced two constituent changes to the FTSE Bursa Malaysia (FBM) KLCI, with AMMB Holdings Bhd and QL Resources Bhd to be added to the index.
Hartalega Holdings Bhd and Top Glove Corp Bhd were the two constituents to be excluded following the December 2022 semi-annual review of the FBM index series.
In a joint statement, it said the FBM KLCI reserve list, comprising five highest-ranking non-constituents of the index by market capitalisation, will be Fraser and Neave Holdings, Gamuda, Malaysia Airports Holdings, Time Dotcom, and Westports Holdings.
“The reserve list will be used if one or more constituents are deleted from the FBM KLCI in accordance with the index ground rules during the period up to the next semi-annual review,” it said.
Meanwhile, a total of eleven constituent changes were made to the FBM Mid 70 Index, and three constituent changes to the FBM Hijrah Shariah Index in the current review.
Affin Bank, Berjaya Food, Dayang Enterprise Holdings, Hartalega Holdings, Heineken Malaysia, Hextar Technologies Solutions, Hong Leong Capital, PMB Technology, Top Glove Corp, Uchi Technologies and United Plantations were the new inclusions in the FBM Mid 70 Index.
On the other hand, Aeon Credit Service (M), AMMB Holdings, Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia, Dufu Technology Corp, Genting Plantations, GHL Systems, Leong Hup International, QL Resources, Sports Toto, Sunway, and UMW Holdings were excluded from the index.
For the FBM Hijrah Shariah Index, Inari Amertron, Malaysia Airports and Press Metal Aluminium will be included, while Genting Plantations, PPB Group and Sunway were excluded.
All constituent changes will take effect at the start of business on December 19 and the next review will take place in June 2023. – Bernama, December 1, 2022
