Stocks on Bursa Malaysia closed off-best yesterday on late profit-taking after recent gains despite a stable external backdrop. Most Asian stocks, however, rallied yesterday after Japan's ruling party, Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a majority in Parliament's Upper House and a mandate to push ahead economic reforms. The FBM KLCI, supported by persistent buying interest for blue-chips earlier, slipped 0.06 of a point to end at 1,797.68 after hitting an intra-day high of 1,803.31. Losers outpaced gainers by 426 to 384, with 289 counters unchanged. Turnover fell to 1.375 billion shares worth RM1.822 billion from 1.649 billion shares worth RM2.366 billion on Friday. ...Read more>>
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