KUALA LUMPUR: CONSTRUCTION [] counters and companies with recent corporate announcements attracted investors' attention on Bursa Malaysia on Wednesday, April as the FBM KLCI stayed in positive territory at the mid-day break.
The 30-stock index was up 6.24 points to 1,527.77 at 12.30pm, lifted by gains including at DiGi, Genting and RHB Capital.
Gainers led losers by 394 to 239, while 298 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 727.85 million shares valued at RM760.38 million.
The ringgit strengthened 0.32% to 3.0154 versus the US dollar; crude palm oil futures for the third month delivery rose RM29 per tonne to RM3,284, crude oil added 72 cents per barrel to US$109 while gold gained US$2.98 an ounce to US$1,499.30.
Among the gainers on Bursa Malaysia, DiGi rose 46 sen to RM29.24, Genting was up 38 sen to RM11.48, Coastal Contracts 18 sen to RM3.58, RHB Capital 17 sen to RM8.58, Aeon Credit 15 sen to RM4.25, Emas Kiara 13.5 sen to 87 sen, Ewein 12 sen to 92 sen, while SEG International and HPI added 11 sen each to RM3.80 and RM3.67.
Among construction companies, Jetson and YTL added five sen each to RM1.34 and RM7.84, DKLS and HSL up three sen each to RM1.10 and RM1.75, while Kimlun, MRCB, Mitrajaya and Muhibbah added two sen each to RM1.79, RM2.17, RM2.42 and RM1.64 respectively.
Karambunai was the most actively traded counter and fell one sen to 24.5 sen with 62.1 million shares done.
Smartag rose five sen to 45 sen with 44.14 million shares traded. The government has appointed Smartag as part of the security and trade facilitation system using radio frequency identification (RFID) for the Customs checkpoints throughout Malaysia.
Other actives included Focus, Perisai, DBE Gurney, SAAG, Alam Maritim and Petaling Tin.
Decliners this morning were led by Shell that fell 32 sen to RM10.88, JobStreet down 20 sen to RM2.60, Lafarge Malayan Cement 16 sen to RM7.20, MBSB 10 sen to RM2.46, Hap Seng nine sen to RM5.75 while United PLANTATION []s and QSR fell eight sen each to RM18 and RM5.66.
At the regional markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 jumped 1.94% to 9,624.60, South Korea's Kospi rose 1.77% to 2,160.31, Taiwan's Taiex added 1.62% to 8,778.15, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 0.92% to 23,736.97, Singapore's Straits Times Index up 0.45% to 3,139.53 and the Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.32% to 3,008.76.
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The 30-stock index was up 6.24 points to 1,527.77 at 12.30pm, lifted by gains including at DiGi, Genting and RHB Capital.
Gainers led losers by 394 to 239, while 298 counters traded unchanged. Volume was 727.85 million shares valued at RM760.38 million.
The ringgit strengthened 0.32% to 3.0154 versus the US dollar; crude palm oil futures for the third month delivery rose RM29 per tonne to RM3,284, crude oil added 72 cents per barrel to US$109 while gold gained US$2.98 an ounce to US$1,499.30.
Among the gainers on Bursa Malaysia, DiGi rose 46 sen to RM29.24, Genting was up 38 sen to RM11.48, Coastal Contracts 18 sen to RM3.58, RHB Capital 17 sen to RM8.58, Aeon Credit 15 sen to RM4.25, Emas Kiara 13.5 sen to 87 sen, Ewein 12 sen to 92 sen, while SEG International and HPI added 11 sen each to RM3.80 and RM3.67.
Among construction companies, Jetson and YTL added five sen each to RM1.34 and RM7.84, DKLS and HSL up three sen each to RM1.10 and RM1.75, while Kimlun, MRCB, Mitrajaya and Muhibbah added two sen each to RM1.79, RM2.17, RM2.42 and RM1.64 respectively.
Karambunai was the most actively traded counter and fell one sen to 24.5 sen with 62.1 million shares done.
Smartag rose five sen to 45 sen with 44.14 million shares traded. The government has appointed Smartag as part of the security and trade facilitation system using radio frequency identification (RFID) for the Customs checkpoints throughout Malaysia.
Other actives included Focus, Perisai, DBE Gurney, SAAG, Alam Maritim and Petaling Tin.
Decliners this morning were led by Shell that fell 32 sen to RM10.88, JobStreet down 20 sen to RM2.60, Lafarge Malayan Cement 16 sen to RM7.20, MBSB 10 sen to RM2.46, Hap Seng nine sen to RM5.75 while United PLANTATION []s and QSR fell eight sen each to RM18 and RM5.66.
At the regional markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 jumped 1.94% to 9,624.60, South Korea's Kospi rose 1.77% to 2,160.31, Taiwan's Taiex added 1.62% to 8,778.15, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 0.92% to 23,736.97, Singapore's Straits Times Index up 0.45% to 3,139.53 and the Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.32% to 3,008.76.
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