At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI gained 5.16 points to 1,575.62.
Gainers led losers by 418 to 332, while 764 counters traded unchanged. Trading volume was 7.43 billion shares valued at RM2.99 billion.
The gainers included newly-listed Mobilia Holdings Bhd, Petronas Dagangan Bhd, Pimpinan Ehsan Bhd, Petronas Gas Bhd, Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd, Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd, Nestle (M) Bhd, Heineken Malaysia Bhd, Grand Hoover Bhd and Time dotCom Bhd.
The actively traded stocks included AirAsia X Bhd, DGB Asia Bhd, Mobilia, AirAsia Group Bhd, Dynaciate Group Bhd, Velesto Energy Bhd, Fintec Global Bhd and Key Alliance Group Bhd.
The decliners included Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd, Latitude Tree Holdings Bhd, Tasco Bhd, Tong Herr Resources Bhd, Hong Leong Bank Bhd, Pharmaniaga Bhd and Unisem (M) Bhd.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): The main index at Bursa Malaysia slipped at the midday break Thursday as regional markets succumbed to profit-taking.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI dipped 3.52 points to 1,591.77. The index had earlier risen to a high of 1,599.31.
Sentiment turned tepid with 531 losers and 325 gainers, while 677 counters traded unchanged. Trading volume was 8.47 billion shares valued at RM3.67 billion.
The losers included Nestle (M) Bhd, Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd, KESM Industries Bhd, Tasco Bhd, Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd, Amtel Holdings Bhd, Grand Hoover Bhd, Solarvest Holdings Bhd and UPA Corp Bhd.
The actively traded stocks included Dagang NeXChange Bhd, Velesto Energy Bhd, Alam Maritim Resources Bhd, Sapura Energy Bhd, DGB Asia Bhd, Dataprep Holdings Bhd and KNM Group Bhd.
At 10.15am, the FBM KLCI had lost 8.66 points to 1,597.48.
Market sentiment was tepid with losers leading gainers by 512 to 357, while 439 counters traded unchanged. Trading volume was 3.49 billion shares valued at RM1.45 billion.
The losers included Heineken Malaysia Bhd, Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd, Hong Leong Bank Bhd (HLB), Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PetChem), Pentamaster Corp Bhd, UWC Bhd, Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), Hengyuan Refining Company Bhd and Genting Bhd.
The actively traded stocks included DGB Asia Bhd, Sapura Energy Bhd, Dagang NeXchange Bhd (DNeX), AT Systematization Bhd and Dataprep Holdings Bhd.
The gainers included UPA Corp Bhd, Supermax Corp Bhd, Ralco Corp Bhd, VSTECS Bhd, Genetec Technology Bhd, Grand Hoover Bhd, ViTrox Corp Bhd and Tasco Bhd.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): The main index at Bursa Malaysia held on to the 1,600 threshold at the midday break Monday despite paring some of its gains, against the backdrop of firm regional markets.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI was up 9.89 points to 1,609.31. The index had earlier risen to a high of 1,614.92.
Market breadth was positive with 538 gainers and 234 losers, while 727 counters traded unchanged. Trading volume was 5.56 billion shares valued at RM2.56 billion.
The top gainers included Nestle (M) Bhd, Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd, Genetec Technology Bhd, ViTrox Corp Bhd, UWC Bhd, PMB Technology Bhd, Grand Hoover Bhd, Malaysian Pacific Industries and Central Global Bhd.