Bursa Malaysia ends slightly higher in range-bound trade | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — Bursa Malaysia ended slightly higher today in range-bound trading, supported by buying in selected heavyweight stocks, dealers said.

Market breadth was positive with gainers outpacing losers 632 to 439, while 425 counters were unchanged, 731 untraded and 25 others suspended. “On the local bourse, profit-taking in financial stocks continued to weigh on the barometer index, however, the index was supported by persistent buying in Press Metal stock which contributed 4.24 points to the index,” he said.

Among the heavyweights, Maybank fell six sen to RM8.27, Petronas Chemicals, IHH Healthcare and CIMB shed five sen each to RM8.05, RM6.30, and RM4.91, respectively.Of the actives, KNM increased 2.5 sen to 31.5 sen, TFP Solutions edged up half-a-sen to 23.5 sen, and Avillion bagged one sen to 14 sen.On the index board, the FBM Emas Index increased 19.51 points to 11,600.36, the FBMT 100 Index was 13.80 points better at 11,286.28, and the FBM Emas Shariah Index advanced 36.94 points to 12,711.89.

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