Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Blue chips start off February on firm note

KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips on Bursa Malaysia started on a firm note on Wednesday, Feb 2, opening higher as sentiment was galvanised by the strong overnight performance on Wall Street.

At 9.07am, the FBM KLCI was up 6.45 points to 1,526.39. Turnover was 73.57 million shares valued at RM79 million. There were 198 gainers, 23 losers and 85 stocks unchanged.

Genting was the top gainer, up 28 sen to RM10.94, BAT also 28 sen higher at RM47.46, Petronas Dagangan 20 sen to RM12.28 and Public Bank 12 sen to RM13.50.

Guan Chong's stellar earnings saw the share price advance 22 sen to RM3.15 while low profile IGB climbed 12 sen to RM2.24. National car maker Proton added 14 sen to RM4.36.


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