KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the week on a mixed note supported by buying interest led by telecommunications stocks, while simultaneously tracking the heavy selloffs in regional peers, analysts said.
At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 0.38 per cent or 5.52 points higher to finish at 1,449.74 from Thursday's close of 1,444.22.
The benchmark index, which opened 2.60 points easier at 1,441.62 to record its intraday low, hit a high of 1,452.32 during the mid-morning session today.
The overall market breadth was negative with losers outnumbering gainers 468 to 297, while 388 counters were unchanged, 1,076 untraded, and nine others suspended.
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