BURSA CLOSES AT 3-MONTH HIGH

PERSISTENT buying support in selected heavyweights, led by Petronas Gas, pushed Bursa Malaysia to end at almost threemonth high yesterday, in tandem with the better performance on regional bourses.

At the close, the key FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 7.12 points better to end at an intra-day high of 1,789.86 after going down to 1,781.54. Market breadth was positive, with gainers leading losers 489 to 395 with 383 counters unchanged, 566 untraded and 27 suspended. Bernama