KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher on Wednesday, boosted by positive market sentiment as investors follow the global equity markets.
Regionally, the equity markets were on positive trajectory, with Japan’s Nikkei rising 1.90 per cent to 27,741.98, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advancing 3.15 per cent to 21,889.28, Korea’s Kospi adding 0.9 per cent to 2,734.35, while Singapore’s Strait Times Index bucking the trend, erasing 0.16 per cent to 3,350.17.
Among the heavyweights, Maybank and IHH rose five sen each to RM8.88 and RM6.56, and PBBank, PChem and CIMB added four sen to RM4.66, RM9.62 and RM5.34, respectively. On the index board, FBM 70 increased 85.65 points to 13,622.74 and FBM ACE gained 66.68 points to 5,502.09.
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