Kuala Lumpur, Nov 8 – Bursa Malaysia ended the day in flattish manner with the barometer index FBM KLCI down marginally by 0.77 of a point or -0.05% at 1,441.35.
The Asian bourses ended mixed as investors wait for the result of the U.S. midterm elections.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index surged 1.25% after the news suggesting an absence of stealth intervention by Japan in the third quarter seemed to have injected the push in the bulls. The BoJ released a summary of opinions from its monetary policy meeting in October, when it left interest rates unchanged while global peers took on jumbo rate hikes.
The recent optimism could be traced back to the receding fears of the US Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes and China’s stimulus measures for pushing higher private investment.
** The FTSE BM KLCI opened at 1,447.12. The index fluctuated between 1,433.29 – 1,447.85.
** 361 counters are gainers, 381 counters are unchanged, while 470 counters are decliners.
** Total volume of 3,048,553,400 shares changed hands; while Turnover of RM 1,575,845,791
** The Top 5 Gainers: HEXTECH (12.00, +0.50); UTDPLT (14.66, +0.32); DLADY (30.50, +0.30); KLK (21.18, +0.18); PANAMY (22.90, +0.16)
** The Top 5 Losers: NESTLE (130.40, -2.10); PPB (16.10, -0.56); MPI (23.88, -0.48); CARLSBG (22.12, -0.38); HSI-HKO (1.74, -0.27)
** The Top 5 Active : ASB (0.125, +0.035); TANCO (0.385, -0.055); TOPGLOV (0.845, +0.055); MUIIND (0.105, +0.015); BORNOIL (0.02, UNCHANGED)
* Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) gained 8.68 points or +0.28% to 3,149.99; Hong Kong’s HSI shed 38.60 points or -0.23% at 16,557.31; Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index climbed 344.47 points or +1.25% at 27,872.11; Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index dropped 13.32 points or -0.43% at 3,064.49; Korea’s Kospi Index rose 27.25 points or +1.15% at 2,399.04; Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 25.20 points or +0.36% at 6,958.90.
