MARKET CLOSES HIGHER

BURSA Malaysia ended higher yesterday in tandem with the better performance on regional bourses, supported by continued buying in consumer and industrial product counters, said dealers.

At the close, the key FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was 2.84 points higher at 1,782.74 after moving between 1,778.27 and 1,784.25 throughout the day.

Market breadth was positive with gainers leading losers 527 to 351 with 371 counters unchanged, 585 untraded and 23 others suspended.

Volume declined to 2.73 billion units worth RM2.16 billion from 2.97 billion units valued at RM2.27 billion on Friday.

Among heavyweights, Maybank gained two sen to RM9.62, and Sime Darby advanced seven sen to RM9.14. Bernama