Stocks on Bursa Malaysia closed broadly higher last Friday. The local bourse saw active buying interest where sentiments were boosted by Wall Street's overnight gains, and, heavyweights like Tenaga Nasional also helped push the key index to a record high, following news of the possibility of an upward review of the electricity tariff. The FBM KLCI extended its gains for two consecutive days to close at an all-time high of 1,797.74, up 6.20 points or 0.35%, and week-on-week, it gained 12.09 points or 0.65% from previous Friday's 1,785.65. The key index hit an intra-day high of 1,800.26 after opening 2.84 points better at 1,794.38. Gainers outpaced decliners by 425 to 380, with 311 counters unchanged. Turnover fell to 1.649 billion shares worth RM2.366 billion from 1.751 billion shares worth RM2.744 billion on Thursday. However, weekly turnover rose to 7.518 billion shares, valued at RM11.102 billion, from previous week's 6.47 billion shares, valued at RM8.74 billion. ...Read more>>
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