Bursa Malaysia closes higher on buying of selected blue chips

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — Bursa Malaysia closed higher today as investors chased selected major energy, plantation and telecommunication stocks. At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — Bursa Malaysia closed higher today as investors chased selected major energy, plantation and telecommunication stocks.

Turnover expanded to 3.16 billion units worth RM2.13 billion from 3.06 billion units valued at RM2.59 billion on Friday. Among the actives, Bina Puri, Velesto and Sapura Energy were all flat at 8.0 sen, 29.5 sen and 5.0 sen, respectively, while MYEG eased half-a-sen to 78.5 sen and Perdana Petroleum dropped 1.0 sen to 32 sen.

Sector-wise, the Industrial Products and Services Index inched up 0.42 of a point to 180.05, the Financial Services Index gained 62.02 points to 17,335.29 and the Plantation Index gained 28.75 points to 7,316.42. The Energy Index added 0.19 of a point to 952.55.

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