KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia outperformed Asian markets today fuelled by the year-end rally as several blue-chip stocks propelled the benchmark index to a 11.77 points gain upon market close.At 5pm, the 30-stock index was up 11.77 points, or 0.66% to 1,771.76. Petron Malaysia Refining rose 82 sen to RM13.86 while Ajinomoto gained 40 sen to RM21.20. The decliners included PPB Group, Pharma and Dutch Lady Movers in the KLCI component stocks included Petronas Chemicals which pushed the index up by 2.846. Petronas Chemicals rose 20 sen to RM7.80. Press Metal gained 23 sen to RM5.24 lifting the index higher by 1.568.

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