KUALA LUMPUR: FBM KLCI extended its gains on Tuesday thanks to buying support in index-linked stocks which kicked in at the eleventh hour.
At 5pm, the 30-stock index gained 8.4 points, or 0.61% to 1,391.46, its intraday high.
There were 471 advancers to 368 decliners and 418 counters unchanged. Turnover was 2.83 billion shares with a value of RM1.9bil.
All indices on Bursa Malaysia apart from the Bursa Malaysia Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Index, energy and transportation & logistics closed higher.
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