KLCI closes on strong note on IHH, CIMB and MISC gains
CIMB Bank cosed eight sen higher at RM5.25 and nudged the KLCI up 1.33 points.
KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips extended their gains on Wednesday on some fund buying of IHH Healthcare, CIMB and MISC amid a firmer broader market.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 10.57 points or 0.65% to 1,638.01. Turnover was high at 4.38 billion shares valued at RM2.84bil. Advancers beat deciners 598 to 328 while 422 counters were unchanged.
Key Asian markets were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.27%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 0.53% but China's Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.28% and Singapore's STI edged up 0.05%.
The ringgit fell against the US dollar but was firmer against the pound sterling, euro and Singapore unit. It shed 0.05% against the greenback to 4.1300 but rose 0.42% to the pound at 5.3406; climbed 0.25% to the euro at 4.6323 and edged up 0.08% to the Singapore dollar at 3.0395.
US light crude oil fell 29 cents to US$66.01 and Brent lost 15 cents to US$74.36. Petronas Chemical rose eight sen to RM9.03, Dialog added eight sen to RM3.28 while Petronas Gas and Petronas Dagangan added two sen each to RM17.66 and RM24.16.
IHH rose nine sen to RM5.61 and pushed the KLIC up 1.37 points, MISC was up 17 sen to RM6.76 and gave the index a 1.32 point boost. Tenaga closed six sen higher at RM12.34, Genting five sen to RM6.86 and GentingM two sen to RM3.21 while Sime Darby ended one sen higher at RM2.35.
CIMB was up eight sen to RM5.25 and nudged the index up 1.33 points while RHB Bank, Public Bank and AmBank added four sen each to RM5.79, RM22.64 and RM4.50 respectively but Maybank shed two sen to RM9.14.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 10.57 points or 0.65% to 1,638.01. Turnover was high at 4.38 billion shares valued at RM2.84bil. Advancers beat deciners 598 to 328 while 422 counters were unchanged.
Key Asian markets were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.27%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 0.53% but China's Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.28% and Singapore's STI edged up 0.05%.
The ringgit fell against the US dollar but was firmer against the pound sterling, euro and Singapore unit. It shed 0.05% against the greenback to 4.1300 but rose 0.42% to the pound at 5.3406; climbed 0.25% to the euro at 4.6323 and edged up 0.08% to the Singapore dollar at 3.0395.
US light crude oil fell 29 cents to US$66.01 and Brent lost 15 cents to US$74.36. Petronas Chemical rose eight sen to RM9.03, Dialog added eight sen to RM3.28 while Petronas Gas and Petronas Dagangan added two sen each to RM17.66 and RM24.16.
IHH rose nine sen to RM5.61 and pushed the KLIC up 1.37 points, MISC was up 17 sen to RM6.76 and gave the index a 1.32 point boost. Tenaga closed six sen higher at RM12.34, Genting five sen to RM6.86 and GentingM two sen to RM3.21 while Sime Darby ended one sen higher at RM2.35.
CIMB was up eight sen to RM5.25 and nudged the index up 1.33 points while RHB Bank, Public Bank and AmBank added four sen each to RM5.79, RM22.64 and RM4.50 respectively but Maybank shed two sen to RM9.14.
Key Asian markets were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.27%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 0.53% but China's Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.28% and Singapore's STI edged up 0.05%.
The ringgit fell against the US dollar but was firmer against the pound sterling, euro and Singapore unit. It shed 0.05% against the greenback to 4.1300 but rose 0.42% to the pound at 5.3406; climbed 0.25% to the euro at 4.6323 and edged up 0.08% to the Singapore dollar at 3.0395.
US light crude oil fell 29 cents to US$66.01 and Brent lost 15 cents to US$74.36. Petronas Chemical rose eight sen to RM9.03, Dialog added eight sen to RM3.28 while Petronas Gas and Petronas Dagangan added two sen each to RM17.66 and RM24.16.
IHH rose nine sen to RM5.61 and pushed the KLIC up 1.37 points, MISC was up 17 sen to RM6.76 and gave the index a 1.32 point boost. Tenaga closed six sen higher at RM12.34, Genting five sen to RM6.86 and GentingM two sen to RM3.21 while Sime Darby ended one sen higher at RM2.35.
CIMB was up eight sen to RM5.25 and nudged the index up 1.33 points while RHB Bank, Public Bank and AmBank added four sen each to RM5.79, RM22.64 and RM4.50 respectively but Maybank shed two sen to RM9.14.
The ringgit fell against the US dollar but was firmer against the pound sterling, euro and Singapore unit. It shed 0.05% against the greenback to 4.1300 but rose 0.42% to the pound at 5.3406; climbed 0.25% to the euro at 4.6323 and edged up 0.08% to the Singapore dollar at 3.0395.
US light crude oil fell 29 cents to US$66.01 and Brent lost 15 cents to US$74.36. Petronas Chemical rose eight sen to RM9.03, Dialog added eight sen to RM3.28 while Petronas Gas and Petronas Dagangan added two sen each to RM17.66 and RM24.16.
IHH rose nine sen to RM5.61 and pushed the KLIC up 1.37 points, MISC was up 17 sen to RM6.76 and gave the index a 1.32 point boost. Tenaga closed six sen higher at RM12.34, Genting five sen to RM6.86 and GentingM two sen to RM3.21 while Sime Darby ended one sen higher at RM2.35.
CIMB was up eight sen to RM5.25 and nudged the index up 1.33 points while RHB Bank, Public Bank and AmBank added four sen each to RM5.79, RM22.64 and RM4.50 respectively but Maybank shed two sen to RM9.14.
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