KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia maintained its positive momentum to finish higher yesterday and above the key psychological level of 1,600, supported by persistent buying in utilities and industrial blue chips, says an analyst.
At 5pm, the benchmark FBM KLCI rose 6.79 points or 0.43% to 1,602.99 compared with Monday’s close of 1,596.20.
The market bellwether opened 0.44 of-a-point firmer at 1,596.64, its intraday low, and steadily moved to its intraday high of 1,603.89 in the late afternoon session.
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