Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended on mixed note yesterday with the small-capitalised and banking stocks attracting investor interests, dealers said.
The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) fell 3.73 points to end at 1,212.73, pulled down by the loss on Kuala Lumpur Kepong.
It opened 0.27 points lower at 1,216.18 yesterday.
The FBM Emas Index declined 19.25 points to 8,134.40, FBM Top 100 fell 22.90 points to 7,934.34, FBM 70 eased 17.45 points to 7,965.49 and the FBM ACE Index lost 21.05 points to 4,081.14. The Finance Index jumped 27.020 points to 10,043.14 and the Industrial Index went up 5.83 points to 2,635.60. The Plantation Index, however, dipped 251.17 points to 5,865.31.
Advancers led decliners by 324 to 292 while 245 counters were unchanged and 428 untraded.
Turnover rose to 641.769 million shares worth RM1.086 billion from 572.407 million shares worth RM969.874 million yesterday.
KNM Group, the most actively-traded counter, rose 1 sen to close at 77 sen with 40.088 million shares traded.
In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, KNM said its subsidiaries had received RM155 million orders from international clients.
The deals were expected to contribute positively to the group's earnings for financial years ending December 31 2009 and December 31 2010, it said.
SAAG Consolidated gained 1/2 sen to 21 sen, IJM Corp-Warrants rose 5.5 sen to 59 sen, Axiata fell 8 sen to RM3.07 and TA Enterprise eased 5 sen to RM1.36.
Among heavyweights, Sime Darby rose 1 sen to RM8.57, Maybank added 6 sen to RM6.71 and CIMB Group was flat at RM11.50, Tenaga Nasional gained 1 sen to RM8.21 and IOI Corp was flat at RM5.17.
The Main Market turnover increased to 559.144 million shares worth RM1.068 billion from 458.291 million shares worth RM969.830 million yesterday.
Warrants rose to 23.456 million shares worth RM4.686 million from 18.361 million shares worth RM4.472 million previously.
FBM KLCI futures contracts were higher at close amid an easier underlying cash market, dealers said.
The October 2009 contract was 1.5 points higher, settling at 1,217.5, November 2009 gained 2.0 points to 1,217.5, December 2009 added 2.0 points to 1,217.0 while March 2010 was 7.5 points higher at 1,215.5.
Turnover improved to 3,635 lots from 3,017 lots while open interests rose to 15,464 contracts from 15,421 contracts previously. The FBM KLCI slipped 3.72 points to end at 1,212.73 - Bernama
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