KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the year’s trading with a big bang as the Composite Index hit a year high of 1,796.81 points with extensive buying on heavyweights such as Sime Darby Plantation, Maybank and DiGi, supported by upward momentum of regional peers, dealers said. The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) closed at 1,796.81, up 17.71 points from yesterday’s close of 1,779.10, after opening 1.55 points higher at 1,780.65. Market breadth was positive with 489 gainers against 468 losers, while 389 counters were unchanged, 494 untraded and 49 others suspended. Of the actives, Sino Hua-An earned half-a-sen to 39 sen, Diversified Gateway added one sen to 13 sen, Key Asic increased 1.5 sen to 24.5 sen and Hibiscus Petroleum advanced 2.5 sen to 89.5 sen. The FBM Emas Index surged 151.16 points to 12,942.57, FBMT 100 Index jumped 153.90 points to 12,614.20 and the FBM Ace rose 21.53 points to 6,603.55.

Source: New Strait Times December 29, 2017 10:41 UTC