KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Bursa Malaysia extended its uptrend at mid-morning on continued buying support in index-linked counters, led by Public Bank and Hartalega.
At 11.05am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI improved 8.46 points to 1,606.74 from last Friday’s close of 1,598.28.Market breadth was positive with gainers leading losers 545 to 375, while 438 counters were unchanged, 931 untraded and 17 others suspended.Of the heavyweights, Maybank gained three sen to RM8.31 and IHH Healthcare increased six sen to RM6.78, while Petronas Chemicals was flat at RM8.75, and Press Metal fell one sen to RM6.18.
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