KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia climbed higher on Tuesday with consumer stocks leading the top gainer’s list.
At closing, the benchmark FBM KLCI climbed 3.97 points, or 0.26% to 1,547.99, buoyed by gains in plantation and banking stocks.
Gainers trounced losers by 597 to 516, while 462 counters traded unchanged. Trading volume was brisk at 4.53 billion shares valued at RM2.82bil.
Among the KLCI component stocks, 18 counters closed higher while seven counters fell.
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