INDEX LIFTED BY BLUE CHIPS

BURSA Malaysia rebounded to close marginally higher yesterday, lifted by buying in selected blue chips.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was firmer at 1,783.78, up 0.44 ofa-point or 0.025 per cent, from Monday’s close of 1,783.34.

Gainers outpaced losers 520 to 374 while 420 were unchanged, 569 untraded and 20 others suspended. Of the heavyweights, Maybank eased eight sen to RM9.80, Public Bank rose two sen to RM24.40, Tenaga was up by 10 sen to RM15.66 and Petronas Chemicals rose one sen to RM9.10.

As for active stocks, Frontken and Sapura Energy rose one sen each to 75 sen 59 sen, respectively.