KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips ended May at a more than two month high on some window dressing activities following the strong earnings by Tenaga Nasional and other index-linked stocks.At 5pm on Friday, the FBM KLCI was up 14.26 points or 0.87% to 1,650.76 – the highest since March 25. Turnover was moderate at 2.23 billion shares valued at RM2.56bil. Sime Plantation's 10 sen gain to RM4.66 added 1.2 points. Howwver, the sock is not part of the KLCI. For the month, Hang Seng tumbled 9.4% and HSCE slumped 10%.Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.63% on the day, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.79% and Shanghai Composite 0.24% lower whle Singapore's STI lost 0.91%.

Source: The Star May 31, 2019 09:56 UTC