KUALA LUMPUR: Public Bank helped the FBM KLCI eke out slight gains early Wednesday amid a mixed broader market while key Asian markets were mixed ahead of the signing of an initial US-China trade deal.
At 9.36am, the KLCI was up just 0.16 of a point or a mere 0.01% to 1,580.76. Turnover was 469.14 million shares valued at RM152.40mil, reflected the continued weaker trading interest which focused on penny stocks.
The broader market was mixed where advancers lead decliners 206 to 179 while 279 counters were unchanged.
Earlier, Reuters reported MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.13%, Japan's benchmark Nikkei and South Korea's Kospi shed 0.29% and 0.48%, respectively, while Australian stocks added 0.33%.
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