Public Bank, Maxis lift KLCI to higher close

TheStar Tue, Jan 15, 2019 05:54pm - 5 years View Original


KUALA LUMPUR: A rally in Public Bank's share and Maxis lifted the FBM KLCI to a higher close on Tuesday offsetting the fall in Petronas-linked stocks.

At 5pm, the KLCI was up 3.26 points or 0.19% to 1,679.42. Turnover was 2.40 billion shares valued at RM1.87bil. There were 413 gainers, 374 losers and 357 counters unchanged.

   
The firmer close was in line with the rebound in key Asian markets. 

Public Bank rallied 28 sen to RM24.98 and pushed the KLCI up 1.9 points while CIMB added two sen to RM5.67, AmBank three sen to RM4.51 while RHB Bank was unchanged at RM5.42. Hong Leong Bank fell four sen to RM20.70 and Maybank shed two sen to RM9.41.

Maxis climbed eight sen to RM5.72 and added a point to the index,  Digi shed one sen to RM4.47 and Axiata five sen to RM3.95.

Petronas Chemical continued to lose ground, down eight sen to RM8.27 and erasing 1.12 points from the KLCI, Petronas Dagangan lost 60 sen to RM24.80 and wiping out 1.04 points while Petronas Gas lost 22 sen to RM17.78. However, Dialog gained six sen to RM2.88.

MISC rose 10 sen to RM6.62, Genting Bhd seven sen to RM6.45 and Sime Darby one sen to RM2.36 but Genting Malaysia shed one sen to RM3.31 while Tenaga shed two sen to RM13.84.

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