KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby hogged the limelight early Friday after its proposed corporate exercise and its gains underpinned the FBM KLCI’s gains.At 9.38am, the KLCI was up 0.21% or 0.01% to 1,692.43. Turnover was 320.76 million shares valued at RM97.15mil. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.3%, extending gains for the week to 1.7%.South Korean markets are closed for holidays on Friday and Monday. Chinese markets are shut for the Lunar New Year holiday and will resume trade on Friday, Feb. 3. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dropped 2 cents to US$53.76 a barrel.At Bursa, Sime Darby rose 39 sen to RM9.21 with 2.89 million shares done.

Source: The Star January 27, 2017 01:55 UTC