KUALA LUMPUR: Semiconductor and technology related stocks closed higher as their plants ramped up production on Wednesday after the approval from the authorities.
At 5pm, the KLCI was up 8.10 points or 0.59% to 1,380.30. Turnover was 4.82 billion shares valued at RM2.46bil. Advancers beat decliners by more than two to one or 629 gainers, 249 losers and 329 counters unchanged.
Among the tech related stocks, Dufu rallied 26 sen to RM3.65, Notion VTec surged 24.5 sen, MI 21 sen to RM2.22, KESM and MPI 12 sen to RM8.08 and RM10.52, Pentamaster 11 sen to RM4.03 and Unisem six sen to RM1.93 and VS Industry 5.5 sen to 90.5 sen.
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