FTSE BM KLCI Up As Tension Dissipated

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 16– Malaysian shares ended slightly higher on Wednesday supported by financial sector and heavyweights such as Press Metal. Whilst all the major Asian stock markets rallied euphorically as the fears of a Russian invasion of the Ukraine dissipated after Moscow indicated to pullback troops, giving a boost of confidence to investors.

** Bursa Malaysia rose higher on Thursday, the FTSE BM KLCI inched up 3.59 points or +0.22% to 1,603.20.

** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,606.65. The index fluctuated between 1,597.35 – 1,613.71.

** 464 counters are gainers, 431 counters are unchanged, while 464 counters are losers.

** Total volume of 3,380,048,100 shares changed hands; while Turnover of RM2, 860,203,024.

** The Top 5 Gainers : MPI (38.14, +1.16) ; SAM (23.54,+0.94) ; NESTLE (134.50, +0.60) ; BKAWAN (25.74, +0.44) ; ALLIANZ-PA (12.94, +0.34)

** The Top 5 Losers : PIE (2.77, -0.23) ; GENP (7.80, -0.15) ; F&N (23.84, -0.14) ; HENGYUAN (4.21, -0.14) ; MGRC (1.22, -0.12)

** The Top 5 Most Active Stocks : DNEX (1.27,+0.14); DNEX-CG (0.09, +0.02) ; SMTRACK (0.225, +0.015) ; KNM (0.185, UNCHANGED) ; TAWIN (0.16, UNCHANGED)

** Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) up 19.66 or +0.57% to 3,441.04 ; Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index inched up 363.19 points or +1.49% at 24,718.90;  Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 595.21 or 2.22% at 27,460.40, and Korea’s KOSPI up 53.14 points or 1.99% to 2,729.68;  Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index advanced 19.74 points or +0.57% to 3,465.83.

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