United Plantations Bhd was today’s top gainer which rallied 60 sen to close at RM30.60 on a turnover of 301,400 shares/units, followed by the second-ranking semiconductor manufacturer Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd (MPI) which added 48 sen to settle at RM25.96 on a volume of 67,800 shares/units.
Main board’s industrial listing Scientex Bhd surged 34 sen, or 8.04%, to settle at RM4.57 on a volume of 653,700 shares/units.
Consumer listing Hong Leong Industries Bhd advanced 26 sen to close at RM14.44 on a turnover of 37,300 shares/units.
Arka, Main market’s transportation & logistics listing, climbed 23 sen, or 15.86%, to end the day at RM1.68 on a volume of 29,900 shares/units.
Meanwhile, Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd was the top decliner, shedding 26 sen to settle at RM97.54 on a volume of 13,900 shares/units, followed by property firm Ayer Holdings Bhd which gave up 25 sen, or 3.33%, to close at RM7.25, after recording a turnover of 25,200 shares/units.
Plantation stock Batu Kawan Bhd, beer supplier Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd and Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Bhd all declined ten sen to settle at RM20.02, RM20.68, and RM17.50, respectively.
On the broader market, gainers outnumbered decliners by a huge magnitude of 692 to 295, while 499 counters were unchanged, 936 untraded and 17 suspended.
The exchange-wide trading volume reached nearly 2.47 billion (2,467,249,700) shares/units valued at RM1.87 billion (RM1,865,169,181), up from over 2.01 billion (2,014,590,800) shares/units valued at more than RM1.54 billion (RM1,542,081,720) recorded on Tuesday.
Top gainers and top decliners for today:
