At 5pm today, the FBM KLCI closed at 1,722.47 points, which is the ninth consecutive trading day that it stayed above 1,700 points since March 2, data from Bloomberg showed. Some 3.92 billion shares worth RM3.25 billion exchanged hands in the local bourse, exceeding the average 2.8 billion shares in the last 20 trading days. Borneo Oil Bhd was the most actively traded counter with 265.63 million shares traded, after it announced a bonus issue and warrants. Decliners were led by cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd, which continued its losing streak. “The overall market sentiment is very bullish as evident by over three billion shares traded.

Source: The Edge Markets March 14, 2017 09:45 UTC