Bursa Malaysia rebounded from Tuesday's losses to trade higher in the early session on Wednesday (Feb 23) despite rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine that continued to agitate sentiment as Wall Street closed broadly lower, a dealer said.
Bursa Malaysia opened slightly lower on Monday (Feb 21), tracking weaker performance on Wall Street as ongoing tensions in Ukraine continued to dominate market directions with all major indices slumping, a dealer said.
Bursa Malaysia ended the morning trading session higher on Thursday (Feb 3), with the energy and telecommunications sectors lifting the key index by 0.73%.
Bursa Malaysia retreated from Monday's (Jan 10) gains to open marginally lower on Tuesday as mild profit-taking emerged for selected heavyweights, dealers said. At 9.26am, the benchmark FBM KLCI had slipped 0.89 of a point to 1,549.28, compared with 1,550.17 at Monday’s close.
Bursa Malaysia opened slightly higher but retreated thereafter as mild profit taking emerged for selected heavyweights after recent gains, dealers said.