KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): Bursa Malaysia ended the morning trading session on a firm note as gains in heavyweights particularly the healthcare and industrial product and service counters continued to support the barometer index.
At the lunch break today, the benchmark FBM KLCI had expanded 6.18 points to 1,596.91 after opening 0.94 of a point better at 1,591.67.
It moved between 1,587.87 and 1,597.42 throughout the morning session.
On the overall market, gainers continued to dominate at 523 versus 405 losers, while 463 counters were unchanged, 761 untraded and six others suspended.
Market volume stood at 4.07 billion worth RM2.2 billion.
A dealer said the healthcare counters, especially the rubber glove makers, continued to trend higher as Covid-19 resurgence concerns lingered.
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