KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended higher for the third consecutive trading session Wednesday on continuous nibbling in selected heavyweights including financial services, consumer, and oil and gas stocks.
At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 6.31 points or 0.40 per cent to 1,554.91 from Tuesday's close of 1,548.60.
The benchmark index, which opened 5.55 points better at 1,554.15, moved between 1,547.47 and 1,558.89 throughout the day.
Market breadth was mixed with decliners leading advancers 464 to 460, while 437 counters were unchanged, 894 untraded, and 11 others suspended.
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