Kuala Lumpur, Feb 7 –Bursa Malaysia rose 7.89 points or +0.52% at 1,530.65 on Monday with major counters like palm oil stocks, rubber glove makers stocks, Press Metal ended positively higher as these company e.g. Hartelega, Press Metal and Palm Oil companies will release their financial reports by end of this week. All major Asian stocks except Japan ended in positive territory. Overnight market in the US, the S&P 500 rose amid strong jobs report; Nasdaq gained 1.58%
** Bursa Malaysia ended higher on Monday, the FTSE BM KLCI up 7.89 or 0.52% at 1,530.65.
** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,525.23. The index fluctuated between 1,525.23 – 1,535.12.
** 539 counters are gainers, 408 counters are unchanged, while 383 counters are losers.
** Total volume of 3,079,931,100 shares changed hands; while Turnover of RM2,303,141,822.
** The Top 5 Gainers : PMBTECH-LA (15.70,+0.40) ; PMBTECH (15.86, +0.30); CHINTEK (7.30, +0.30); PMBTECH-WA (12.68,+0.28); HARTA (5.83, +0.23)
** The Top 5 Losers : F&N (24.12,-0.34); DLADY (32.28, -0.30); HEIM (20.12, -0.24) ; ALLIANZ (12.38, -0.22); LPI (14.64, -0.22)
** The Top 5 Most Active Stocks : SMTRACK (0.185, +0.01); KANGER (0.03, +0.01) ; KANGER-WB (0.005, UNCHANGED) ; DNEX (0.97, -0.04) ; HIBISCS (1.08, -0.01)
** Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) up 26.20 or +0.79% to 3,357.61 ; Hong Kong’s HSI Index up marginally by 6.26 points or +0.025% at 24,579.55; Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 191.12 or -0.70% at 27,248.87; and Korea’s KOSPI dropped 5.20 points or -0.19% to 2,745.06; Shanghai Stock Exchange rose 68.14 points or 2.03% at 3,429.58.
