Kuala Lumpur, Feb 15 – Malaysian shares ended in positive territory today lifted by the heavyweights such as banking stocks, plantation stocks and Press Metal. While most of the major regional markets ended in negative territory on escalation of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The overnight US stocks ended lower, with DJIA dropped 0.49%.
** Bursa Malaysia inched higher on Tuesday, the FTSE BM KLCI rose 15.77 points or +1.00% to 1,599.61.
** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,585.96. The index fluctuated between 1,585.54 – 1,599.61.
** 519 counters are gainers, 448 counters are unchanged, while 447 counters are losers.
** Total volume of 3,573,045,200 shares changed hands; while Turnover of RM2,980,524,410.
** The Top 5 Gainers : KLK (25.52,+1.16) ; GENP (7.95, +0.55) ; HLFG (19.50, +0.50) ; SIMEPLT (4.69, +0.45); PPB (17.02, +0.42)
** The Top 5 Losers : PMBTECH-WA (15.08, -1.44) ; PMBTECH (17.90, -1.36); PMBTECH-LA (18.40, -0.90) ; MPI (36.98, -0.64) ; MSC (3.87, -0.25)
** The Top 5 Most Active Stocks : DNEX (1.13, -0.02) ; TAWIN (0.16, +0.015) ; SMTRACK (0.21, +0.005) ; HIBISCS (1.14, +0.01) ; AHB (0.24, +0.025)
** Key regional markets were ended in mixed.
** Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) up slightly 1.50 or 0.04% to 3,422.70 ; Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index ended lower 200.86 points or -0.82% at 24,355.71; Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 214.40 points or -0.79% at 26,865.19, and Korea’s KOSPI ended lower 27.94 points or -1.03% to 2,676.54; Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index rose 17.21 points or +0.50% to 3,446.09.
