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| KL shares open higher in early trading Posted: 02 Apr 2013 06:43 PM PDT Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were traded higher in the early session on Wednesday lifted by gains in bluechips especially in the telco and banking sectors, dealers said. After 21 minutes of trading, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 6.90 points to 1,691.90, after opening 3.33 points higher at 1,688.33. The Finance Index surged 106.80 points to 15,896.41, the Industrial Index perked 10.45 points to 2,893.96 and the Plantation Index added 3.08 points to 7,963.12. The FBM Emas Index advanced 38.17 points to 11,559.38, the FBMT100 climbed 38.90 points to 11,394.37 and the FBM Mid 70 Index increased 11.67 points to 12,781.25.
Advancers led decliners by 166 to 79, with 149 counters unchanged, 1,223 untraded and 23 others suspended. Turnover stood at 83.262 million shares worth RM134.391 million. Among actives, Tebrau Teguh fell four sen to RM1.40, IRM added 1.5 sen to 14.5 sen and Sanichi Technology was unchanged at 7.5 sen. As for heavyweights, Maybank was up 11 sen to RM9.52, CIMB gained 10 sen to RM7.75, while Axiata and Sime Darby stood at RM6.64 and RM9.27 respectively.-- Bernama |
| Ringgit opens lower versus US dollar Posted: 02 Apr 2013 06:46 PM PDT The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar in early trading today, driven by lack of demand for the local currency amid the favourable economic outlook in the US, dealers said. At 9am, the ringgit was quoted at 3.0910/0930 from 3.0865/0895 at
A dealer said investors' interest in the greenback was spurred after reports of new orders for manufactured goods rose three per cent in February, topping expectations of a 2.6 per cent increase. Meanwhile, the local currency was traded higher against other major currencies. The local note opened slightly higher against the Singapore dollar at 2.4937/4956 from 2.4939/4966 on Tuesday and strengthened against the Japanese yen to 3.3024/3063 from 3.3142/3192 yesterday. The ringgit rose against the British pound to 4.6622/6661 from 4.6955/6010 and appreciated against the euro to 3.9580/9612 from 3.9643/9691 previously.-- Bernama |
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