Broadly higher

BURSA Malaysia finished broadly higher yesterday with the FBM KLCI closing at its intraday high of 1,687.13 points, up 14.50 points, buoyed by positive market sentiment amid rising oil prices, dealers said.

The market barometer moved in positive territory throughout the day on persistent buying in heavyweights, led by Maxis.

Telco Maxis rose 13 sen to RM5.40 with 3.54 million shares traded, contributing 1.81 points to the key index.

Overall, gainers trounced decliners 455 to 341, with 421 counters unchanged, 651 untraded and 19 suspended.

Among the heavyweights, Maybank rose 6 sen to RM9.14, Tenaga Nasional garnered 12 sen to RM14.42, and CIMB increased 5 sen to RM5.35. Public Bank, however, was flat at RM22.54.

In line with rising oil prices, Petronas Gas chalked up 48 sen to RM17.66, Petronas Chemicals gained 3 sen to RM8.54, Petronas Dagangan added 2 sen to RM24.94, while MISC perked 15 sen to RM6.06. – Bernama