KUALA LUMPUR: Top Glove and Hartalega
continued to underpin the FBM KLCI’s advance and keeping the stock market on track for the seventh straight days of gains.
At 9.08am, the FBM KLCI was up 6.53 points or 0.41% to 1,583.43. Turnover was 677.66 million shares valued at RM355.37mil. There were 387 gainers, 127 losers and 277 counters unchanged.
Bloomberg reported Asian stocks were mixed after strong global gains Monday that saw US shares close higher for a fifth day. The dollar remained under pressure.
Shares dipped in Japan and saw modest gains in South Korea and Australia. S&P 500 futures climbed after the benchmark rallied for a fifth session, with tech gains pushing the Nasdaq Composite to a record high, according to the wire report.
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