Bursa Malaysia remained in the positive territory today, lifted by buying in selected heavyweights namely in utilities, finance and plantation-related counters. — Picture by Azneal Ishak
However, on the scoreboard, losers beat gainers 436 to 405, while 410 counters were unchanged, 731 untraded and 40 others suspended. “Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, local investors are struggling to quantify the impact of the outbreak on the Chinese economy, which also impact the Malaysian economy.
Meanwhile back home, he said, the sentiment is exacerbated by tomorrow’s Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting, which is expected to discuss various issues including on the transition of power among its leaders. On the index board, the FBM Emas Index added 3.34 points to 10,988.73, the FBMT 100 Index gained 1.76 points to 10,774.94 and the FBM Ace improved 39.69 points to 5,650.70.
Main Market volume increased to 1.7 billion shares valued at RM1.99 billion from 1.46 billion shares valued at RM1.68 billion recorded on Wednesday.
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