KL shares end marginally higher

Wednesday.

Regionalboursesralliedyesterday following a rebound on the Wall Street overnight. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.45 per cent to 20,220.30, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 1.1 per cent to 25,965.42 and Singapore’s Straits Times Index surged 1.3 per cent to 3,257.62.

Against the US dollar, the ringgit was traded at 4.2940/2970 as at 5pm yesterday compared with 4.2960/2990 at 6pm previously. The local unit has reportedly become the strongest major Asian currency by far this quarter.

Among heavyweights, Public Bank rose four sen to RM20.30, Petronas Chemicals gained two sen to RM7.12, while both Maybank and Tenaga were flat at RM9.63 and RM14.14 respectively.

However, Sime Darby and CIMB fell four sen each to RM9.57 and RM6.64 respectively.

Of the actives, Key Alliance and Asia Bioenergy inched up halfa-sen each to 4.5 sen and 16 sen respectively, while Sapura Energy gained five sen to RM1.62.

The FBM Emas Index rose by 13.64 points to 12,631.92, FBMT 100 Index gained 9.17 points to 12,267.88, FBM Emas Shariah Index advanced 29.11 points to 12,849.99, FBM 70 chalked up 42.53 points to 15,038.23 and FBM Ace jumped 109.06 points to 6,530.35.

On a sectoral basis, the Plantation Index improved 33.32 points to 7,933.22 and the Industrial Index perked 5.32 points to 3,270.23. The Finance Index, however, declined 27.33 points to 16,800.25.

The Main Market turnover decreased to 910.03 million units worth RM1.45 billion from 936.64 million units worth RM1.77billion on Wednesday.

Warrants fell to 110.77 million units valued at RM12.21 million from 168.11 million units valued at RM21.19 million previously.

Volume on the ACE Market, however, surged to 370.92 million shares worth RM88.36 million from 278.26 million shares worth RM54.63 million previously.

Consumer products accounted for 69.77 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products ( 275.14 million), construction ( 86.82 million), trade and services (273.94 million), technology ( 40.49 million), infrastructure ( 7.81 million), SPAC (914,000), finance (42.62 million),hotels(586,300),properties (89.67 million), plantations (11.7 million), mining (6,000), REITs (10.55 million) and closed/fund (6,600).

In a statement yesterday, the ACE Market-listed company, PUC Founder (MSC) Bhd, said its name has been changed to PUC Bhd to reflect the group’s new corporate identity and brand image as a digital lifestyle technology services provider.

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