KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): The main index of Bursa Malaysia pared some of its gains in the mid-morning today as sentiment remained guarded on still-high local Covid-19 cases.
At 10am, the FBM KLCI was up 6.81 points at 1,608.35. The index earlier rose to a high of 1,615.22.
Losers overtook gainers by 425 to 362, while 416 counters traded unchanged. Trading volume was 1.64 billion shares valued at RM956.81 million.
The gainers included Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Bhd, Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd, Public Bank Bhd, JF Technology Bhd, Amtel Holdings Bhd and HPP Holdings Bhd.
The actively traded stocks included AT Systematization Bhd, HPP, Fintec Global Bhd, Dagang NeXchange Bhd (DNeX), DGB Asia Bhd, JF Technology, KTG Bhd and Inix Technologies Holdings Bhd.