Kuala Lumpur, Feb 23 – Malaysian shares ended higher today buoyed by buying interest in banking, technology and some plantation heavyweights. While most of the major Asian stock markets ended in positive territory. The gains were recoveries from losses of past 2 days, although gains were capped by concerns around the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The overnight US markets were down, S&P 500 closed at the lowest level in 2022 as the escalation of geo-political conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
** Bursa Malaysia inched up on Wednesday, the FTSE BM KLCI rose 9.18 points or 0.58% to X1,586.14.
** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,582.26. The index fluctuated between 1,579.94 – 1,592.34.
** 621 counters are gainers, 402 counters are unchanged, while 372 counters are losers.
** Total volume of 2,971,041,900 shares changed hands; while Turnover of RM2,686,292,793.
** The Top 5 Gainers : MPI (36.30,+1.40) ; BKAWAN (25.14, +0.60) ; KLK (25.40, +0.40) ; PPB (17.90, +0.40) ; PENTA (3.60,+0.37)
** The Top 5 Losers : NESTLE (135.50, -0.90) ; SAM (21.32, -0.66) ; UMCCA (5.52, -0.30) ; UMW-C36 (0.08, -0.30); MSM (0.885, -0.235)
** The Top 5 Most Active Stocks : DNEX (1.21,+0.09); SMTRACK (0.24, -0.015) ; MSM (0.885, -0.235) ; MYEG (0.97, +0.05) ; HIBISCS (1.19, +0.01)
** Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) shed 6.81 or -0.2% to 3,393.77 ; Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 140.28 points or +0.60% at 23,660.28; Japan’s Nikkei 225 down 461.26 points or -1.71% at 26,449.61; and Korea’s KOSPI ended higher 12.74 points or 0.47% to 2,719.53; Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index inched up 32 points or 0.93% to 3,489.15.
