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Posted: 09 Jun 2013 07:09 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened higher this morning, extending gains from last week, boosted by strong buying interest led by banking heavyweights, dealers said.

At 9.02 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 5.9 points higher at 1,781.49 after opening 4.58 points better at 1,780.17.

A dealer said Bursa Malaysia and most regional stock markets received a boost after the US posted a better-than-expected May payrolls data.

Banking heavyweights, CIMB rose nine sen to RM8.25, Maybank added two sen to RM10.46 and Public Bank perked four sen to RM17.02 and contributed 1.774 points to the composite index.

Market breadth was positive with 231 gainers, 18 losers, 98 counters were unchanged, 1,241 untraded and 15 others were suspended. Turnover stood at 63.146 million shares worth RM27.058 million.

On the scoreboard, the Finance Index surged 75.8 points to 17,013.13, the Industrial Index rose 8.36 points to 3,036.16 while the Plantation Index shed 0.72 of a point to 8,339.99.

The FBM Emas Index added 49.77 points to 12,436.89, the FBMT100 clinched 45.88 points to 12,186.89, the FBM Mid 70 Index jumped 76.76 points to 14,441.81 and the FBM Ace Index advanced 59.44 points to 4,746.68. Among actives, RGB International gained one sen to 12.5 sen, Global Oriental inched up half-a-sen to 86 sen while Patimas Computers, Luster Industries and MAS were flat at six sen, 22 sen and 33 sen, respectively.

Heavyweights, Axiata Group added two sen to RM6.72, Petronas Chemicals was four sen higher at RM6.64, Maxis gained one sen to RM6.76 while Sime Darby and TNB were flat at RM9.49 and RM8.29, respectively. -- BERNAMA

Kredit: www.nst.com.my

Ahad, 9 Jun 2013

NST Online Business Times : latest

NST Online Business Times : latest

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