KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the week on a strong note, buoyed by positive news about several countries’ stimulus packages including Malaysia’s to offset the devastating impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 15 points or 1.13% to 1,34.09, which was the highest since March 13. For the week, the KLCI was up 39.81 points or 3.1%.
Turnover was robust with 4.23 billion shares traded valued at RM2.73bil. Decliners beat advancers 711 to 232 and 323 counters unchanged.
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