KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia sought to retake the losses it recorded at the end of Friday trading as investor sentiment swung higher on stimulus measures announced by the Bank of Japan.
Asian markets were seen moving higher, led by Japan's Nikkei climbing 2.3% as the country's central bank pledged to extend its corporate bond buying programme while restating a commitment to purchase unlimited amounts of government bonds.
At 12.30pm, the FBM KLCI was up 6.73 points to 1,376.58. Investors were active on the stock exchange with 2.88 billion shares traded worth a value of RM1.16bil. There were 429 stocks on the rise compared to 333 decliners and 323 counters unchanged.
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