KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the day marginally higher on bargain hunting in selected heavyweights led by Nestle (M) Bhd
, PPB Group Bhd and Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM).
At 5 pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) added 0.55 of-a-point to 1,522.89 after moving between 1,518.93 and 1,528.10 in the course of the day.
Nestle rose 20 sen to RM133.30, PPB advanced 18 sen to RM17.38 and TM bagged 10 sen to RM5.70, and together they contributed 1.21 points to the barometer index.
The index opened 0.87 of-a-point easier at 1,521.47 compared with Monday’s close of 1,522.34.
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