Stocks on Bursa Malaysia extended its recovery momentum last
Friday following the recent losses, on the back of positive external and
internal sentiments. The US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) plans to launch an aggressive
stimulus package, known as the third round of quantitative easing, helped boost
the market. Under the plan, the Fed would buy US$40 billion of agency mortgage
debt per month and pledged to maintain it until the country’s unemployment rate
improved. Locally, the government announced on Thursday seven new projects
under the Economic Transformation Programme, with a total investment value of
RM5.607 billion. The FBM KLCI, which opened 6.48 points higher at 1,634.88, rose
14.55 points to 1,642.95 from 1,628.4 on Thursday, while week-on-week, it
gained 18.40 points from previous Friday's 1,624.55. Gainers led losers by 561
to 209 while 308 counters were unchanged. Total turnover rose to 1.07 billion
shares valued at RM2.07 billion from Thursday's 1.02 billion shares valued at
RM1.62 billion. ...Read more
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