FBM KLCI surges despite weaker sentment

Leong bank soared RM1.70 to RM17, Maybank and Genting Malaysia jumped 13 sen each to RM9.38 and RM5.13, respectively, TM advanced 21 sen to RM6.18 and Hong Leong Financial Group was 54 sen higher at RM16.94.

TNB gained six sen to RM15.64, Public Bank was flat at RM20 and Genting Bhd declined four sen to RM8.91.

Of actives, PUB rose one sen to 21 sen, Berjaya Corp edged up half- a- sen to 36 sen, Borneo Oil and Netx Holdings were flat at nine sen and 4.5 sen, respectively, and Trive Property fell one sen to 4.5 sen.

On the scoreboard, the FBM Emas Index advanced 35.57 points to 12,395.39, FBMT 100 Index expanded 45.45 points to 12,070.3, FBM Emas Shariah Index trimmed 3.57 points to 12,835.92 and the FBM 70 Index shed 77.06 points to 15,263.6.

The FBM Ace gave up 31.84 points to 6,207.04.

Sector- wise, the Finance Index soared 251.92 points to 16,155.31, Plantation Index gained 8.37 points to 7,872.14 and the Industrial Index added 4.07 points to 3,167.69.

The Main Market volume went up to 1.26 billion u n i t s , wo r t h RM2 . 14 billion, from Monday’s 1.20 billion units, worth RM2.47 billion.

Volume on the ACE Market was lower at 372.96 million shares, valued at RM64.08 million, from 395.17 million shares, worth RM66.35 million previously.

Warrants volume narrowed to 196.37 million units, worth RM26.32 million, from 200.50 mil lion units, valued at RM32.33 million.

C on sume r pr o duc t s accounted for 73.62 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products ( 273.79 million), construction ( 47.26 mil lion), trade and services ( 471.64 mi l lion), technology (171.23 million), infrastructure ( 9.75 million), SPAC ( 2.86 million), finance ( 49.89 million), hotels ( 3.47 million), properties ( 109.72 million), plantations ( 37.28 mil lion), mining ( 11,700), REITs ( 11.14 million), and closed/fund (10,800).

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