KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI finished higher on Tuesday for a third straight trading day, buoyed by gains in banking counters while the ringgit weakened against the US dollar.
The 30-stock index closed up 4.92 points, or 0.33% to 1,496.11, with 20 out of the 30 constituent counters ending higher. The index hit an intraday high of 1,500.39.
There were 511 gainers, 470 losers, and 465 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia. Turnover stood at 5.16 billion shares valued at RM3.33bil.
Among the banks, Maybank rose eight sen to RM9.09, Public Bank added one sen to RM4.35 and CIMB gained five sen to RM6.02.
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