Share prices stay high at mid-afternoon, led by blue chips

Business & Markets 2013
Written by Bernama
Friday, 26 April 2013 15:37
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KUALA LUMPUR, (April 26): Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were
higher at mid-afternoon today helped by continuous interests in
blue-chips amid favourable external sentiments, dealers said.
At 3 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,714.46
points, up 8.12 points from yesterday's 1,706.34 points.
A total of 435.62 million shares worth RM1.21 billion were traded.
A dealer said six out of ten most active counters were blue-chips, led by
Tenaga, which rose seven sen to RM7.89, MISC gained three sen to
RM4.33, CIMB perked five sen to RM7.77, Genting advanced 16 sen to
RM10.40, Axiata earned one sen to RM6.81 and Astro improved seven
sen to RM2.94.
He said the local market was lifted by bullish sentiment on Wall Street,
which ended higher in overnight trade following improved jobless claims.
The dealer said new claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week
to the lowest level since mid-March.
Gainers led losers by 304 to 249, with 304 counters unchanged, 752
untraded and 37 others suspended.
The Finance Index rose 35.83 points to 15,964.71, INDUSTRIAL INDEX
[] firmed 11.28 points to 2,843.89 and the PLANTATION [] Index
climbed 25.62 points to 8,139.64.
The FBM Emas Index improved 48.12 points to 11,696.51, FBMT100 Index rose 48.12 points to 11,534.93 and the FBM Mid
70 Index edged up 26.41 points to 12,891.34.
The FBM Ace Index eased 9.48 points to 3,960.54.
Among heavyweights, Maybank and Petronas Chemicals added two sen each to RM9.57 and RM6.49 respectively and Sime
Darby gained four sen to RM9.44.