KUALA LUMPUR: Buying of Hartalega
and Top Glove helped the key FBM KLCI to close at the key 1,500 level amid a cautious broader market on concerns about rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases, the lack of a conclusive vaccine and political uncertainties.
At 5pm, the KLCI was up 4.32 points or 0.29% to 1,500.80. Turnover was 5.89 billion shares valued at RM4.56bil. There were 451 gainers, 578 losers and 428 counters unchanged.
Hartalega rose the most, up RM1.40 to RM15.90 and added 7.42 points to the KLCI while Top Glove gained 53 sen to RM8.55 and lifted the index by 6.7 points.
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