THE FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended on a high note yesterday on the back of the government’s expressed commitment to further liberalise the economy.
The benchmark index closed at 1,863.69 points, up 0.99 of a point, after fluctuating between 1,860.24 and 1,868.77 points throughout the day.
Losers led gainers 401 to 321, with 327 counters unchanged, 563 untraded and 25 others suspended. Volume decreased to 1.12 billion shares valued at RM1.24 billion from 1.27 billion shares worth RM1.4 billion last Friday.
Among actives, Eti Tech fell one sen to eight sen, Advance Synergy was flat at 25.5 sen and Sona Petroleum gained two sen for 53.5 sen. Of the heavyweights, Maybank rose one sen to RM9.85, Public Bank improved two sen to RM20.80 and TNB gained eight sen to RM11.78.
On the scoreboard, the Finance Index declined 20.92 points to 17,166.47 points, the Plantation Index increased 39.75 points to 9,179.08 points and the Industrial Index jumped 2.1 points to 3,162.3 points.
The FBM Emas Index was 0.76 of a point higher at 12,898.88 points, the FBMT100 Index was 0.221 of a point higher at 12,543.49 points, and the FBM 70 fell 25.091 points to 14,040.1 points, and the ACE Index rose 14.2 points to 6,605.96 points.
Meanwhile, FBM KLCI futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended mixed in line with the cash market, a dealer said.
Spot month June 2014 and July 2014 rose 1.5 points each to close at 1,867.5 and 1,870.0 respectively, while September 2014 slipped 4.0 points to 1,867.5 and December 2014 fell 2.5 points to 1,864.
Turnover declined to 2,863 lots from to 4,242 lots last Friday and open interest decreased to 31,544 contracts from 32,444 contracts previously. Bernama
