KUALA LUMPUR: Low-cost carrier AirAsia rose in active trade on Wednesday, helping to sustain the broader market but there was no strong institutional buying for blue chips after a two-day recovery.At 5pm, the KLCI was up 1.99 points or 0.12% to 1,665.02. CIMB rise eight sen to RM4.82 and nudged the KLCI up 1.16 points while Maybank rose four sen to RM8.21, Hong Leong Bank added six sen to RM13.30 and Public Bank two sen higher at RM20.08. Aeon Credit jumped 56 sen to RM16.02 and it was the top gainer of the day. Genting Bhd rose four sen to RM8.33 and Genting Malaysia was flat at RM4.74 while MISC fell six sen to RM7.34 and Tenaga was unchanged at RM13.90. Digi fell six sen to RM4.89, Telekom lost three sen to RM6.06, Maxis shed two sen to RM6.05 but Axiata edged up two sen to RM4.66.AirAsia rose 17 sen to RM2.63 with 43.78 million shares done.

Source: The Star January 18, 2017 10:27 UTC