KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia continued its positive momentum for the second consecutive day to open higher today as demand re-emerged for selected heavyweights amid recovering domestic sentiment, dealers said. At 9.07am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 4.05 points better at 1,744.67 from Thursday's close of 1,740.62. The FBM Emas Index added 12.93 points to 12,141.87, the FBMT 100 Index increased 14.63 points to 11,961.4 and the FBM Emas Syariah Index rose 7.71 points to 12,183.68. The FBM 70 decreased 27.79 points to 14,289.2 and the FBM Ace shed 18.16 points to 4,980.8. Sector-wise, the Finance Index rose 36.52 points to 17,360.75, the Plantation Index was 17.86 points higher at 7,789.73 but the Industrial Index trimmed 8.92 points to 3,122.36.

Source: New Strait Times June 01, 2018 01:52 UTC