Wednesday, April 27, 2011

FBM KLCI extends gains at mid-morning

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI extended its gains at mid-morning on Wednesday, April 27 in line with the key regional markets that rebounded, tracking the firmer overnight close at Wall Street.

At 10am, the FBM KLCI rose 4.93 points to 1,532.27, lifted by gains at select blue chips.

Gainers led losers by 256 to 149, while 262 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 246.84 million shares valued at RM184.75 million.

At the regional markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.29% to 9,682.21, Taiwan's Taiex gained 1.13% to 9,048.97, Singapore's Straits Times Index added 0.92% to 3,201.03, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.86% to 24,212.96, South Korea's Kospi was up 0.65% to 2,220.70 and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.55% to 2,955.19.

The top gainer at mid-morning was F&N that added 58 sen to RM17.60; BAT added 44 sen to RM48.04, Hong Leong Bank 24 sen to RM10.54, HLFG and Tradewinds 15 sen each to RM9.44 and RM8.16, Genting 14 sen to RM11.64 and DiGi 10 sen to RM29.08.

Cepco was the top loser and fell 56 sen to RM2.12; Kuchai lost 13 sen to RM1.29, MPI, Litrak and HPI fell eight sen each to RM5.32, RM3.80 and RM3.28 respectively, while Jaya Tiasa and Hap Seng fell five sen each to RM6.40 and RM5.70.

Tricubes was the most actively traded counter with 24 million shares done. The stock added 5.5 sen to 31 sen.

Other actives included DBE Gurney, Focus, Iris Corp, PJI, Ramunia and Asia Media.

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