KUALA LUMPUR: Retail buying of Hartalega
and Supermax helped shore up the FBM KLCI, but it remained below the key 1,600 level, as Petronas-linked stocks chipped at gains on the index.
At 9.45am, the KLCI was up 4.3 points or 0.27% to 1,599.10. Turnover was 1.47 billion shares valued at RM664.02mil. There were 358 gainers, 315 losers and 388 counters unchanged.
Hartalega rose 30 sen to RM12.10 and Supermax 15 sen to RM6.26.
Chip makers and tech-related stocks traded mixed after the pull-back on Thursday.
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