KUALA LUMPUR: The local bourse ended firmer on Monday as mild profit-taking emerged among selective heavyweight, in line with the performance of its regional peers.
At 5pm, the FBM KLCI was nearly flat to close at 1,553.64 points, up 0.81 of a point, or 0.05%. The index hit an intraday high of 1,557.33 and low of 1,544.32.
There were 546 gainers against 480 losers while 476 counters unchanged. Trading volume stood at 4.24 billion units worth RM2.8bil.
Among the gainers, Dutch Lady
surged RM1.60 to RM25.60, Ge-Shen gained 78 sen to RM3.99, YTL Power rose 24 sen to RM3.92 and Mega First Corp climbed 21 sen to RM4.24.
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