Bursa Malaysia stays higher at mid-day | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 ― Bursa Malaysia has maintained its positive tone at midday as buying interest intensified, especially in construction and technology counters.

The index opened 4.71 points higher at 1,602.02, and moved between 1,595.78 and 1,602.32 throughout the morning trading session. “Meanwhile, we remained bullish on the plantation and energy sectors over the near term as the commodity prices are well supported. Also, stocks that are related to the digital banking licence may perform slightly positive ahead of the announcement,” the brokerage said in a note today.

Among the Bursa heavyweights, Maybank and IHH Healthcare lost three sen each to RM9.01 and RM6.62 respectively, Public Bank slid two sen to RM4.69, Petronas Chemicals rose 18 sen to RM10.28, while CIMB was flat at RM5.19.

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