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| KL shares open mixed on mild profit-taking Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:04 PM PDT Share prices opened mixed in early trading Monday on mild profit-taking in selected heavyweights, dealers said. As at 9.29am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 0.49 of a point to 1,653.47, after opening 1.64 points lower at 1,652.32. HwangDBS Vickers Research Sdn Bhd said the benchmark FBM KLCI could break past 1,655 to move towards the next resistance threshold of 1,670 while awaiting the release of macro reports later today. "January external trade, industrial production index and February plantation statistics will be on investors' focus today," it said in a research note.
"This is expected to give investors a boost in confidence when Asian equities resume trading this morning," it added. Meanwhile, the Plantation Index slipped 8.07 points to 7,935.84, but the Industrial Index gained 0.03 of a point to 2,836.53 and the Finance Index added 12.59 points to 15,312.07. The FBM Emas Index shed 0.73 of a point to 11,290.42, the FBMT100 fell 2.01 points to 11,133.49, but the FBM Mid 70 Index rose 3.49 points to 12,464.93 and the FBM Ace Index advanced 26.76 points to 4,016.92. Gainers led losers by 130 to 92, 154 counters were unchanged, 1,256 untraded and 18 suspended. Turnover stood at 56.7 million shares worth RM74.3 million. Among actives, Tebrau Teguh added 0.35 sen to RM1.02, Padiberas Nasional and Puncak Niaga Holdings earned one sen each to RM3.68 and RM1.55, respectively, while Pan Malaysia Capital was flat at four sen. Among heavyweights, Maybank and Axiata earned one sen each to RM9.14 and RM6.43, respectively, while Sime Darby and CIMB were flat at RM9.21 and RM7.26, respectively.-- Bernama |
| Ringgit opens higher versus US dollar Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:07 PM PDT The ringgit was traded lower against the US dollar Monday on lack of fresh leads, dealers said. At 9am, the ringgit was quoted at 3.1125/1150 for a US dollar against 3.1050/1080 at Friday's closing. A dealer said the market was still looking for fresh catalyst as Bank Negara Malaysia has left the overnight policy rate unchanged at three per cent last week, deeming the level as "appropriate" given the current outlook on inflation and growth. Against other major currencies, the ringgit was traded higher against the Singapore dollar at 2.4890/4926 from Friday's close at 2.4918/4944 but weakened against the yen to 3.2381/2424 from 3.2698/2747 last week.
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