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| KL shares open mixed in early session Posted: 24 Oct 2013 07:04 PM PDT Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened mixed in early trading today, with the key index staying in negative territory due to profit-taking in selected blue chips, dealers said. At 9.30am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was 1.67 points easier at 1,817.26, after opening 0.33 of a point lower at 1,818.6. Gainers outnumbered losers 163 to 118, with 222 counters unchanged, 1,136 untraded and 39 others suspended. Turnover stood at 183.783 million shares worth RM86.514 million.
"Consequently, the benchmark FBM KLCI may face stiff resistance at the 1,825 level," it said in a note today. According to the research house, downside risk is also seen to be fairly limited, following a steady overnight performance by Wall Street. Key US stock indices were up between 0.3 per cent and 0.6 per cent at the closing bell, lifted by better corporate earnings. On the corporate front, HwangDBS Vickers Research said stocks that could add interest today were Tebrau Teguh, in response to news that the stock could be privatised by its major shareholder. Others include, Deleum, which has been awarded a contract by Petronas to provide aftermarket turbo machinery maintenance services for gas turbines in Malaysia and Gadang. The company has reported an almost three-fold jump in its latest quarterly net profit to RM7.1 million. Meanwhile, on the scoreboard, the Finance Index lost 28.05 points for 16,843.63, the Plantation Index fell 14.22 points to 8,514.96, while the Industrial Index improved 12.83 points to 3,127.05. The FBM Emas Index declined 5.85 points to 12,633.67, the FBMT100 Index slipped 7.35 points to 12,361.1, the FBM Ace fell 18.38 points to 5,553.21 but the FBM 70 rose 8.17 points to 14,364.06. Among actives, The Media Shoppe lost half sen to 8.5 sen. Sumatec-OR and Xidelang were each flat at nine sen and 40.5 sen,
As for the heavyweights, Maybank and CIMB were unchanged at RM9.97 and RM7.67, respectively. Axiata fell one to RM6.91.-- Bernama |
| Posted: 24 Oct 2013 07:05 PM PDT The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives were traded lower in early trade Friday. At 9.45am, spot month October 2013, November 2013 and December 2013
March 2014 was six points lower at 1,812.5. Turnover stood at 1,570 lots, while open interest totalled 43,120 contracts. The underlying FBM KLCI was 0.75 of point easier at 1,818.18 after 45 minutes of trading.-- Bernama |
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