KUALA LUMPUR: The local benchmark index, which struggled to keep in positive territory for much of the day's trading session, saw a final hour push that ended the week on a strong note.At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was up 9.03 points to 1,760.24 points. Turnover was 1.64 billion shares with a value of RM1.55bil. There were 401 advancers to 392 decliners and 478 counters unchanged.Telekom Malaysia led the way with a 50 sen gain that took the counter to RM6.50, lifting the index by 3.347 points.Hong Leong Financial Group was also another leading advancer, adding 56 sen to RM17.60. Plantations counter IOI rose nine sen to RM4.55.Meanwhile, heavyweight Genting put on 13 sen to RM910 while new KLCI entrant Nestle gained RM2 to RM102.CIMB lagged behind in the 30-stock index, shaving off six sen to RM6.49. It was little changed against the greenback at 4.0800, pound sterling at 5.4574 and Singapore dollar at 3.0341.

Source: The Star December 22, 2017 09:56 UTC