KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia snapped its losing streak over five consecutive-days to open higher this morning as bargain-hunting emerged as the Wall Street rebounded, overnight. At 9.05 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 4.16 point firmer at 1,722.27 from Thursday’s close of 1,718.11. The index opened 2.70 points stronger at 1,720.81 at 9 am. On the broader market, gainers led losers 147 to 74 while 168 counters remained unchanged with 1,466 untraded and 20 others were suspended. Turnover stood at 85.30 million shares worth RM36.38 million.

Source: New Strait Times November 17, 2017 01:30 UTC