BURSA ENDED MIXED

BURSA Malaysia ended mixed yesterday amid mild buying interest. The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) finished 1.36 points higher at 1,742.29 compared with Friday’s close of 1,740.93. It opened 2.32 points better at 1,743.25. Market breadth was negative with losers leading gainers 451 to 429 with 383 counters unchanged, 551 untraded and 29 others suspended.

Volume increased to 3.0 billion shares, worth RM2.08 billion, from Friday’s 2.80 billion shares,valued at RM1.97 billion.

Maybank gained one sen to RM9.25, Public Bank added two sen to RM20.48, Petronas Chemicals rose eight sen to RM7.37, Sime Darby and CIMB were flat at RM9.08 and RM6.21, respectively, while TNB declined eight sen to RM14.82. Bernama